An Organizational Paradigm for Effective Academic Libraries

dc.contributor.authorLewis, David W.
dc.date.accessioned2005-08-26T22:15:12Z
dc.date.available2005-08-26T22:15:12Z
dc.date.issued1986-07
dc.description.abstractThe organizational structures of academic libraries are conisdered in light of the work of a number of organizational theorists, and related work by librarians is reviewed. An organizational paradigm for effective academic libraries is developed based on this review. The paradigm is composed of five parts: a modified professional bureaucratic structure, flexible resource allocation, the use of management information systems, the export of production functions, and the development of an organizational philosophy.en
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dc.identifier.citationDavid W. Lewis, "Organizational Paradigm for Effective Academic Libraries," College & Research Libraries 47 (July 1986): 337-353.en
dc.identifier.issn00100870
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/372
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Library Associationen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCollege & Research Libraries
dc.relation.isversionof10.5860/crl_47_04_337
dc.subject.lcshOrganizational behavioren
dc.subject.lcshLibrary administrationen
dc.titleAn Organizational Paradigm for Effective Academic Librariesen
dc.typeArticleen
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