The New Librarianship: A Challenge for ChangeMonograph on Innovation in the field of library science and library administration in the USA - stresses the social role of librarianship in the current era of social change, maintains that librarianship should assume new dimensions of leadership in the community, and covers organizational structures, bureaucracy, professionalism, administrative aspects, etc. References. |
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The Need for Change | 3 |
The Dynamics of Change | 25 |
Bureaucracy and Professionalism as Change Issues | 50 |
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