Creating Change without Chaos: Preparing Libraries for the 21st Century
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Library planning and management must change significantly if services are to survive and thrive in the future. Current issues and pressures present complex challenges for managers, including the difficulties of coping with the economic and electronic imperatives, and judging the pace of change. We need a strategic management framework to transform our visionary dreams into concrete actions. This means thinking strategically, involving stakeholders and planning with partners to develop services tailored to customer priorities. At a practical level one of the hardest tasks is to manage time and priorities, to strike the right balance between maintaining existing
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