Beyond Survival: Managing Academic Libraries in Transition

摘要: One part theory (borrowed from business world), one practice (including detailed case studies of the University Pittsburgh and Arizona), inspiration: Beyond Survival offers ideas about how academic libraries can not only survive in short term, but take advantage emergent opportunities by judiciously adopting same organizational development tools concepts espoused world. While there is a great deal anecdotal evidence that significant changes are taking place libraries, literature suggests most these form evolutionary, or incremental improvement. But what happens when find themselves society characterized increased information availability compression time space, growing turbulence unpredictability? These conditions with which world has been grappling for years, require an evolutionary approach, nimbleness rapid response. inspiration, shows you transition tactics strategies developed businesses be adapted to libraries. By world, ensure long-term excellence.