This article discusses a practical means of combining library outreach efforts with user education techniques. The Office of Research Services and the Reference Department of Jackson Library, both of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, collaborated to purchase information resources...

This paper examines the assessment of the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI), a data consortium, from the perspective of the program's functionality and fulfilment of stakeholder objectives. Two models are described which help assess how well the program succeeded in doing what it was intended to...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the possibilities for strategically and politically repositioning a library, despite economic hardships, for stronger relations with administration, local government, and user communities. Design/methodology/approach – The paper...

Outsourcing library operations is a commonly discussed management technique in library literature. This article examines one library’s ability to insource some of its operations. Insourcing, or retaining services and, perhaps, providing them for others, can be successful if proper analysis is...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the impact of strategic plans in the planning of information services and systems in the University of Malawi libraries. Design/methodology/approach – A case study approach was used as the research design. Both qualitative and quantitative...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the strategic gains available to a library director under budget stress, using a combination of partnerships and service innovations. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial...

Library professionals spend much of their budgeting time focused inward, allocating scarce resources among worthy competing priorities. Considerable time and skill is focused on the acquisition of the best print and electronic resources and in planning for computing infrastructure. And...

Fund‐raising has become a more important part of the job of academic library directors. Small college libraries with small staffs must devise methods to raise funds, which are not burdensome for any one staff member. Endowed book funds are described here as such a vehicle for fund‐raising....