Open AccessThe management of hybrid libraries
Author(s) -
Lyndon Pugh
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
library and information research/library and information research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2752-7336
pISSN - 1756-1086
DOI - 10.29173/lirg194
Subject(s) - key (lock) , knowledge management , digital library , middle management , computer science , business , art , computer security , poetry , literature
This research investigates managerial attitudes to some key ideas concerning the organisational design of hybrid libraries. It establishes the general theoretical base for the management of organisations operating in similar circumstances, and considers the treatment of hybrid libraries in the literature of librarianship. A questionnaire administered to UK library directors obtained responses to the key areas of organisational structures, communication, the management of
electronic/digital information, skills, learning and development, teams, leadership and the degree of change in the roles of senior and middle management.