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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463367003321

Autore

St. Clair Guy <1940->

Titolo

Entrepreneurial librarianship : the key to effective information services management / / Guy St. Clair

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Bowker-Saur, , 1996

©1996

ISBN

3-11-095677-2

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Collana

Information Services Management Series

Disciplina

025.52068

Soggetti

Information services - Management

Library administration

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- The author -- Introduction to the series -- Contents -- Introduction: Embracing the entrepreneurial perspective -- Foreword -- Chapter One. Entrepreneurial librarianship -- Chapter Two. Risk-taking in the information services environment -- Chapter Three. The entrepreneurial advantage in information services -- Chapter Four. 'The shifting paradigms' -- Chapter Five. Setting the entrepreneurial standards -- Chapter Six. Convincing the nay-sayers -- Chapter Seven. The entrepreneurial manager: authority, accountability, responsibility -- Chapter Eight. The entrepreneurial workplace -- Chapter Nine. Constant improvement, or 'getting better all the time' -- Chapter Ten. When it doesn't work: dealing with the downside -- Chapter Eleven. The tangible payoffs: making a profit from the organization's investment in information services -- Chapter Twelve. Entrepreneurial rewards -- Chapter thirteen. Can we do it? -- Selected bibliography -- Index