Library Management Issues: A Content Analysis of Selected Scientific Journals from 2015–2020 Cover Image

Problematyka zarządzania bibliotekami w świetle analizy zawartości wybranych czasopism naukowych z lat 2015–2020
Library Management Issues: A Content Analysis of Selected Scientific Journals from 2015–2020

Author(s): Bożena Jaskowska, Magdalena B. Król
Subject(s): Library operations and management, Other, Polish Literature, Management and complex organizations, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: Libraries; literature; leadership in libraries; trends in library management; library management;

Summary/Abstract: This paper is an attempt to capture, from the pages of selected foreign scientific journals from 2015–2020, global trends in the management of various types of libraries. This, although to a very limited extent, will offer insights into the theory and practice of library management in Poland as well as factors that influence them. This study’s methodology is based on the analysis of scientific and industry literature in the library and information science discipline. The analysis of the content of three selected foreign scientific journals devoted to library management – Library Management, Journal of Library Administration, and Library Leadership and Management for 2015–2020 revealed that the most frequently undertaken topics in the field of library management are: leadership, user-oriented management, resource management human resources, strategic planning and management, change management, organizational culture, knowledge management and interlibrary and external cooperation.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 709-727
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish