1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910796641803321

Autore

Lo Patrick

Titolo

World's leading national, public, monastery and royal library directors : leadership, management, future of libraries / / Patrick Lo, Allan Cho and Dickson K. W. Chiu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Saur, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

3-11-053091-0

3-11-053334-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

023.4

Soggetti

Library administrators

History

Interviews.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. David S. Mao, Acting Librarian, Library of Congress -- 2. Dr. Johanna Rachinger, Director General, Austrian National Library -- 3. Caroline Brazier, Chief Librarian, British Library -- 4. Ana Santos Aramburo, Director, National Library of Spain -- 5. Marie-Christine Doffey, Director, Swiss National Library -- 6. Andris Vilks, Director of the National Library of Latvia -- 7. Prof. Dr. Renaldas Gudauskas, Director General, Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania -- 8. Alberto Manguel, Director, National Library of Argentina -- 9. Jelena Djurovic, Director, National Library of Montenegro -- 10. Dr. Claudia Lux, Librarian, Project Director of the Qatar National Library in Doha IFLA President 2007–2009 -- 11. Oren Weinberg, Director, National Library of Israel -- 12. Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director, The Library of Alexandria (Egypt) -- 13. Pam Sandlian Smith, Director, Anythink Libraries, Adams County (Colorado) -- 14. Christopher Platt, Chief Branch Library Officer, New York Public Library -- 15. John F. Szabo, City Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library -- 16. David Leonard, President, Boston Public Library -- 17. Felton Thomas, Jr., Director of



Cleveland Public Library -- 18. Mary Anne Hodel, Director/CEO, Orange County Library System -- 19. Misty Jones, Director, San Diego Public Library -- 20. Marcellus Turner, City Librarian, The Seattle Public Library System -- 21. Kate P. Horan, MLS, Library Director, McAllen Public Library (Texas) -- 22. Dr. Hannelore Vogt, Director, Cologne Public Library -- 23. Christine Brunner, Director, Stuttgart City Library -- 24. Sandra Singh, Chief Librarian, Vancouver Public Library -- 25. Shih-chang Horng, Director, Taipei Public Library -- 26. Father Maximilian Schiefermüller O.S.B., General Director, Admont Abbey Library -- 27. Dr. Cornel Dora, Director, Abbey Library of Saint Gall -- 28. Oliver Urquhart Irvine, The Librarian & Assistant Keeper, The Queen’s Archives -- Conclusion -- About the authors

Sommario/riassunto

General directors who have all made their marks in the field of librarianship report from a variety of perspectives, including economic, social, educational, cultural developmental, and political. This information could increase the understanding of the managerial decisions, and other factors that affect the decisions and determine the library’s overall policy and operations.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777503303321

Autore

Sturzenegger Federico

Titolo

Debt defaults and lessons from a decade of crises / / Federico Sturzenegger and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006

ISBN

1-282-09809-8

9786612098093

0-262-28454-5

1-4294-6091-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (398 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ZettelmeyerJeromin

Disciplina

336.3/435091724

Soggetti

Debts, External - Developing countries

Debt relief - Developing countries

Developing countries Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-364) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Providing case studies of debt defaults by Russia, Ukraine, Pakistan, Ecuador, Moldova, and Uruguay, framed by a discussion of the history, economic theory, legal issues, and policy lessons of sovereign debt crises, this work examines the facts, economic theory, and policy implications of sovereign debt crises.