The role of reflection in the library and information sector: a systematic review [PDF]
Abstract Objectives: To systematically review published literature on the role of reflection in the library and information science sector. To identify examples of good practice and to investigate the reported contribution, if any, of reflection by library and information workers as part of their professional practice.
Maria J. Grant
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On the New Methodological Approaches to the Study of Library Sector in the Region
The collective monograph by S.Yu. Volzhenina, S.S. Guzner, L.A. Kozhevnikova “Library sector in the socio-economic system of region: methodology and methods of performance evaluation” (Novosibirsk, 2015) discusses the problems of theory and methodology of economics of library activities. The impetus for conducting the study was the need to identify the
M. Kolesnikova
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Unions and Productivity in the Public Sector: A Study of Municipal Libraries [PDF]
This paper develops and illustrates the use of two methodologies to analyze the effect of unions on productivity in the public sector. Although the methodologies are applicable to a wide variety of public sector functions, the focus of the paper is on municipal libraries because of the availability of relevant data.
Ronald G. Ehrenberg+2 more
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Governance and innovation in public sector services: The case of the digital library [PDF]
Abstract This paper examines the co-evolution of public governance and innovation, and proposes an adaptation of Hartley's model to take into consideration such co-evolution. This model is then applied to a longitudinal case study of the digitalization of Roskilde University Library.
Scupola, Ada, ZANFEI, ANTONELLO
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Marketing and the public sector library: some unresolved issues [PDF]
In keeping with trends in the service sector, libraries have frequently been encouraged to adopt a ‘marketing approach’.
Lindon Marks
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Libraries are essential in educating people about sustainability and environmental issues, particularly in preserving East Belitung's mangrove ecosystems.
Asyraf Suryadin+2 more
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Telework in Public Sector Organizations: The Slovak National Library
Reforms of government and public administration combined with use of information and communications technologies (ICT) have brought many innovations in public sector, including telework as a form of organizing and performing work out of the employers ...
Mária Murray Svidroňová+2 more
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Implementing impact evaluation in professional practice: A study of support needs within the museum, archive and library sector [PDF]
Dorothy Williams+4 more
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The Effect of Unions on Productivity in the Public Sector: The Case of Libraries
This paper presents an analytical framework that can be used to analyze the effects of unions on productivity in the public sector. Our initial focus is on public libraries because considerable effort has been devoted to conceptualizing library productivity measures and because of the availability of data to implement the framework.
Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Joshua L. Schwarz
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A review of library and information service job advertisements: what do they tell us about work in the Irish library sector? [PDF]
John Cullen
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