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Administration and Management
of Medical Libraries
  • Health care in the new millenium
  • Impact of technology
  • The challenge of change
  • Blending tradition with innovation
  • Preparing staff for new roles
  • Responding w/ prof. development & educ.
  • Safety versus risk-taking
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Fiscal Management in
Medical Libraries
  • Develop (strategic) plan
  • Prioritize activities and services
  • Identify revenues and expenditures
  • Develop budget
  • Budget presentation
  • Budget approval (the meeting)
  • Manage budget
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Types of Budgets
  • Lump sum (allocation for all expenses)
  • Line item (salaries, materials, contract svcs)
  • Formula (allocations, e.g. # of stdts, % use)
  • Program (line budget for each program)
  • Performance (unit costs for activities)
  • Zero-based (decision packages)
  • Some combination of those above
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Fiscal and budgeting issues
  • Access vs. ownership
  • Licensing and contracting for services
  • Collaboration with other libs., consortia, ...
  • Fund-raising (reduces budget?, friends, resources and staffing, coord. W/institution)
  • Political realities (zero sum game ?)


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Human Resources Managment
  • Where does HR reside?
  • Staffing patterns and org. structure (hierarchy, teams, combo?)
  • Recruitment and retention of staff
  • Job analysis and evaluation (descriptions, grading, etc.)
  • Training and evaluation
  • Compensation and benefits


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Human Resources Mangement
  • Evaluating staff performance (by self, supervisor, peer; written and/or verbal, evaluating your boss)
  • Handling performance problems (disciplinary action/letters, grievances, unions, MCAD)
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Legal and Ethical Issues
  • Discrimination (sex, age, etc.)
  • Immigration (recent concerns)
  • OSHA
  • Health (physical and mental)
  • Family Leave Act
  • Stress and quality of work life