The role of the public library director

Garrou, Sharon M.; Nichols, Jim; Martin, Christine

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Title

The role of the public library director

Author(s)

• Garrou, Sharon M.
• Nichols, Jim
• Martin, Christine

Issue Date

1996

Keyword(s)

• Public libraries
• Library administrators

Abstract

Who should run the library? Who should run the zoo? Who should run the museum? Is an expert in each field needed to run the organization? No! Non-profit institutions need managers, not librarians, zoologists, or art historians to run these organizations successfully. Experts in the field are certainly needed to provide technical support, but the head of the organization needs a nose for business and an ability to provide visibility and public clamor more than a knowledge of bibliographic methods , animal anatomy, or the nuances of 18th-century watercolors. In cities across the country, non-profit businesses have been run successfully by non-professionals. It is time to determine what type of director would be best for public libraries.

Publisher

Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Series/Report Name or Number

Katharine Sharp Review ; no. 002, Winter, 1996

ISSN

1083-5261

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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"Copyright 1996 is held by Sharon M. Garrou for ""The Role of the Public Library Director"" and ""Author's Response."" Copyright 1996 is held by Jim Nichols for ""Response to Garrou"" (p. 5-6). Copyright 1996 is held by Christine Martin for ""Response to Garrou"" (p. 6-7)."

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