Author : Guy St. Clair
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 35,2 MB
Release : 2012-05-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110956772
Although libraries are not businesses, library management must be driven by the same characteristics that make a business successful -- responsibility, performance, and control. Entrepreneurial Librarianship offers specific techniques for creating an entrepreneurial environment in a library or information services organization -- or initiating such techniques where a less-successful operation is already in place.
Author : Celia Ross
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 40,90 MB
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838919421
This is the guide to keep at your side when serving business students, job-seekers, investors, or entrepreneurs in your library.
Author : Barbara A. Alvarez
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 26,94 MB
Release : 2016-07-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838914810
Loaded with recommended practices for increasing engagement and developing courses and programs for business owners, professionals, and job seekers in the community, this book points the way towards making the library an integral part of the business community in ways that are realistic and sustainable.
Author : Karen MacDonald
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 30,77 MB
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1317995228
The changing landscape of business information has created opportunities for business librarians to move beyond being reactive to business information needs to become proactive participants in business development and entrepreneurship instruction. Libraries are no longer only repositories of books but information –rich sources of business and economic data. The case studies presented within this book highlight a variety of examples on entrepreneurship education and local economic development. The examples presented serve as a catalyst for further entrepreneurial endeavours and highlight the growing need for effective value-added support in finding business information. Business librarians play a critical role in promoting the effective use of business information and in providing significant value-added services within university and community settings. This book was published as a special double issue of the Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship.
Author : Mary Krautter
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 15,60 MB
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0786490128
The old image of an entrepreneur as a scrappy, independent risk-taker has been replaced by the reality of individuals incorporating innovative ideas in more traditional settings. This collection of essays illustrates how librarians are infusing entrepreneurial principles in a variety of arenas, including public, private, academic, and special libraries. It chronicles how entrepreneurial librarians are flourishing in the digital age, advocating social change, responding to patron demands, designing new services, and developing exciting fundraising programs. Applying new business models to traditional services, they eagerly embrace entrepreneurship in response to patrons' demands, funding declines, changing resource formats, and other challenges. By documenting the current state of entrepreneurship in libraries, this volume upends the public image of librarians as ill-suited to risky or creative ventures and places them instead on the cutting edge of innovations in the field.
Author : Salvatore DiVincenzo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 32,60 MB
Release : 2017-09-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
A timely reference for all public librarians who serve the business community in libraries, regardless of size or location—from small rural outposts to bustling big-city branches. Serving communities today entails serving businesses—in particular, local businesses, entrepreneurs, and those looking to become entrepreneurs. Understandably, many librarians are not prepared for this role, and as a result feel uncomfortable in it. Supporting Local Businesses and Entrepreneurs in the Digital Age: The Public Librarian's Toolkit explains how librarians and libraries can better serve the business community, offering specific guidance on everything from information resources—including books, databases, and free online sites—to programming, special events, marketing, and outreach. Readers will gain insight into key topics ranging from embedded business librarianship, virtual business librarianship, and government documents to seminars, one-on-one appointments, and trade shows. Providing invaluable guidance based on the authors' real-world experience and research as well as interviews with librarians in all sizes of libraries around the country, this book offers practical, actionable advice and proven best practices for serving local business owners and entrepreneurs.
Author : Janet Crum
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 25,82 MB
Release : 2019-04-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1789732050
Libraries have recently begun doing more to support entrepreneurship and innovation within their communities. This volume explores how this has come about, looking at libraries from across North America, Europe and Africa, and helps position readers to better understand what is happening, and how this can be brought to further institutions.
Author : Tim Wales
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 47,99 MB
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1317170504
In a period of change, consolidation and cut-backs as well as rapid technological developments, the business school library is often at the forefront of new initiatives and innovative approaches to delivering and managing information in the most responsive yet cost-effective manner possible. In this unique book a respected group of business library directors from prestigious institutions around the world come together to reflect on the key challenges facing their libraries today, from change management to technology and communications to space. They document the state of the sector during a time of fundamental change, draw on their own local contexts to explore topics and concepts and share their insights into what the future might bring. This book will be essential reading not only for librarians working in business, management or social sciences disciplines but for all professionals managing library and information services.
Author : Salvatore DiVincenzo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 44,28 MB
Release : 2017-09-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1440851530
A timely reference for all public librarians who serve the business community in libraries, regardless of size or location—from small rural outposts to bustling big-city branches. Serving communities today entails serving businesses—in particular, local businesses, entrepreneurs, and those looking to become entrepreneurs. Understandably, many librarians are not prepared for this role, and as a result feel uncomfortable in it. Supporting Local Businesses and Entrepreneurs in the Digital Age: The Public Librarian's Toolkit explains how librarians and libraries can better serve the business community, offering specific guidance on everything from information resources—including books, databases, and free online sites—to programming, special events, marketing, and outreach. Readers will gain insight into key topics ranging from embedded business librarianship, virtual business librarianship, and government documents to seminars, one-on-one appointments, and trade shows. Providing invaluable guidance based on the authors' real-world experience and research as well as interviews with librarians in all sizes of libraries around the country, this book offers practical, actionable advice and proven best practices for serving local business owners and entrepreneurs.
Author : Barbara A. Alvarez
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 27,10 MB
Release : 2016-07-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838914829
Loaded with recommended practices for increasing engagement and developing courses and programs for business owners, professionals, and job seekers in the community, this book points the way towards making the library an integral part of the business community in ways that are realistic and sustainable.
