Academic achievement-the key to the American dream of economic prosperity, democratic participation, and leadership-is disproportionately underrepresented among minority groups. Citing demographic predictors for the U.S. transformation into a multicultural society, Martin, curre…
Human resources are an important and strategic part of a library organization, especially as staffing needs and competencies change. Strategic Human Resource Planning for Academic Libraries focuses on the impact of human resource practices in a library setting and discusses seve…
Many libraries set up a training program on conflict resolution and workroom security only after a problem patron situation has become unbearable. Albrecht shows that preparedness is an essential part of library security, on the employee level as well as on the administrative le…
"Sandra Nelson, senior editor of the Results series, focuses on the essential steps for drafting a results-driven, strategic planning process that libraries can complete over the course of four months, regardless of regardless of organizational structure or size. Reflecting on t…