presented at the Philippine Association of Teachers in Library Science Seminar on Current Concerns/Issues on Library Management, held at the University of Santo Tomas Auditorium, Manila. Philippines on 1999 May 20
7. Definition of Management “ the exercise of responsibility for the effective use of the human, financial and other resources available to meet an organization’s objectives .”
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9. Resources and the Managerial Function FUNCTION: Planning Organizing Staffing Directing Controlling RESOURCE Money People Facilities Master plan covers all three multi-year budgeting hiring plan building plans Selection, training, motiva- tion periodic acct’g data meetings, written memos repair orders budgets job rating, review mainte- nance logs
13. IMAGE-BUILDING adopting the faculty-researcher model knowledge-bavigators resource managers diversifying from collection development to library management systems design, and research and publications
14. Upgrade librarian’s professionalism *delegating non-professional work to support staff *increasing pay scale *continuing education *adherence to code of ethics
15. IMPROVE RECRUITING * HIRE PROFESSIONALS: systems managers, media specialists, programmers, archivists, documentalists *REQUIRE MLS as entry point *HIRE ONLY LICENSED LIBRARIANS
16. CONTINUING EDUCATION ...to produce management-minded librarians with special skills in computing, multimedia, and archival documentation work .
17. RESTRUCTURE library management * developing participatory management style *evolving semi-autonomous workgroups *reducing the number/ level of supervisors or flattening the structure
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19. redesign library work *create semiautonomous depts *review job functions with emphasis on flexibility *adopt flexitime schedules