Libraries, Organizational Behavior, Nonprofit Organizations, Management & Leadership
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Overview
Gives members of nonprofit institutions a unique understanding the forces that affect organizational change, and the interplay between financial and program considerations that is vital to long-term success. Based on the evolution of five prestigious private libraries.Presents an analysis of organizational growth/changing roles of executives/approach for the mgmt of endowments/etc.
Editorials
Booknews
A historical review of five prestigious US private libraries--the Huntington, Pierpont Morgan, Newberry, and Folger Shakespeare libraries and the American Antiquarian Society--analyzing how these nonprofit organizations deal with financial pressures and demands for access and democratization. Examines funding patterns, the changing roles of executives, approaches used for the management of endowments, and factors related to budget deficits. Of interest to nonprofit executives, librarians, and library science students. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
October 20, 1995
Publisher
San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, c1996.
Pages
249
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780787901387