International Reader in the Management of Library,
Information and Archive Services
Table of contents (684 p.)
compiled by
Anthony Vaughan
General Information Programme and UNISIST
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Paris, December 1987
PGI-87/WS/22
Recommended catalogue entry:
International reader in the management of library, information
and archive services compiled by Anthony Vaughan
[for the] General Information Programme and
UNISIST. - Paris: Unesco, 1987. - x, 672 p. - 30 cm. -
(PGI-87/WS/22)
I - Vaughan, Anthony (comp.)
II - Unesco General Information Programme and UNISIST
© Unesco 1987
1. Management, information and development
1.1 Managing information: to what end?
On the Librarianship of Poverty
Infrastructure for the development of an information policy
The use of archive material of the countries of the socialist community for national economic purposes
The special utility of archives for tie developing world1.2 Administration in developing countries
The Scope of Management and Administration Problems in Development
1.3 Management and the information service
Organization: in general and in principle
Management Training and Background
On library management (I)
On library management (II)
The library manager1.4 How scientific is management?
Advances in archival management science
Library administration & new management systems1.5 Case study: management of information in China
Management Development and Its Practice in Chinese Library and Information Services
2. Managing information: Introduction
2.1 Management of an information service
Management and policies of an information unit
Organizing and operating an information and documentation centre
Specialized problems of practical librarianship: planning§
Archive planning3.2 Constraints on planning: the state
The Archives of Argentina: Problems and Solutions
Government policies affecting the development and growth of libraries in Southeast Asia - a discussion3.3 Constraints on planning: the local administration
Libraries and the world outside
Public relations in libraries: the Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon (Lyons City Library)
4.1 Organization and communication
Organisational structure and communication
Annual archives report4.2 Specialization in information work
Subject departments in public libraries
Subject departments: summary of a debate4.3 Centralized or decentralized service?
Centralization vs decentralization in university library administration: some reflections
4.4 Self-management in the information service
5.2 Human relations in personnel administration
Career development of women librarians in New Zealand
Women librarians and documentalists in Hungary5.7 Training and developing staff
5.9 Technical and junior staff
Library technicians in Australia: past, present and future
Training library assistants in Mauritius5.10 Human problems in information work
5.12 Workers' councils and trade unions
An open forum for staff representatives
Unions and the public library
Trade unions and automation: a case study from Denmark
6. Management of financial and physical resources
Security
Disasters: Can we plan for them? If not, how can we proceed?6.3 The design of library and archive buildings
Archive Buildings and Equipment
The open plan and flexibility
What space for the library? A discussion on the library building
Evaluating the effectiveness of a library: a theoretical and methodological framework
On evaluating the effectiveness of school libraries
Concepts of library goodness7.2 Evaluation: specific examples
The management study
A cost-analysis of cataloguing at the Universiti Sains Malaysia library for 1975
Performance measures for public libraries