Leadership and Administration of Successful Archival Programs.
Dearstyne, Bruce W.
Leadership and Administration of Successful Archival Programs. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (168 pages) - Libraries Unlimited Library Management Collection . - Libraries Unlimited Library Management Collection .
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Leadership and Archival Education -- INTRODUCTION -- ARCHIVAL EDUCATION AND THE PRODUCTION OF LEADERS -- PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ABOUT CHALLENGES IN LEADERSHIP AND ARCHIVAL EDUCATION -- ARCHIVAL EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND LEADERSHIP STUDIES -- PARTICULAR AREAS WHERE EDUCATORS MAY SERVE AS LEADERS -- NOTES -- 2 The Art of the Possible: The Archivist as Administrator -- THE PLACE OF ARCHIVES IN THE INFORMATION PROFESSIONS -- THE STATES OF ARCHIVES IN 2000 -- PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS -- OPERATIONAL SIZE AS A FACTOR IN MANAGEMENT -- Small Archival Institutions -- Large Archival Institutions -- THREE SCENARIOS FOR NEW MANAGERS -- BASIC TENETS OF SUPERVISION AND LEADERSHIP -- DISPLAYING LEADERSHIP THROUGH TEAMWORK -- INNOVATION IN AN ARCHIVAL BUREAUCRACY -- GETTING HELP FOR THE ARCHIVES -- THE NATURE OF ARCHIVAL ADMINISTRATION AND LEADERSHIP -- NOTES -- 3 Ways and Means: Thinking and Acting to Strengthen the Infrastructure of Archival Programs -- INTRODUCTION -- A MINDSET TOWARD PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT: TEN WAYS OF THINKING -- WAYS OF ACTING: EIGHT SUGGESTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 4 Strategic Approaches to Program Building in Government: From Local to International and Back -- BACKGROUND -- SUCCESS INDICATORS AND SUCCESS FACTORS -- CASE STUDIES -- City of Portland, Oregon, 1977-1983 -- Utah State Archives, 1983-1986 -- World Health Organization, Switzerland, 1987-1990 -- United Nations, Geneva and New York, 1990-1998 -- City of Portland, Oregon, 1998-present -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- 5 Strategic Planning and Implementation at the National Archives and Records Administration: 1992-2000 -- INTRODUCTION -- ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT -- THE FIRST STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORT -- THE 1995 INITIATIVE -- STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS: THE FIRST STAGE -- THE SECOND STAGE: A NEW DIRECTION. IMPLEMENTING "READY ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL EVIDENCE" -- WHAT IS LEFT? -- CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS -- NOTES -- 6 Corporate Culture and the Archives -- THE ROLE OF ARCHIVES IN BUSINESS -- CREATING A RELEVANT BUSINESS PLAN -- THE ARCHIVAL FUNCTIONS REVISITED: A PRACTICAL VIEW OF ARCHIVAL WORK -- MARKETING THE ARCHIVES -- THE BOTTOM LINE -- 7 Archival Programs in the Academic Library -- INTRODUCTION -- ACADEMIC LIBRARIES-SOME CURRENT TRENDS -- THE CAMPUS, THE LIBRARY LEADERSHIP, AND THE ARCHIVES -- CONCLUSION -- 8 Leadership of Archival Programs -- LEADERSHIP AND THE STATE OF ARCHIVAL PROGRAMS -- MARKS OF EXCELLENCE -- Clear Sense of Purpose and Mission -- Evolution and Change -- Dynamic, Balanced Expansion -- High Visibility -- Customer Focus -- Peer Recognition -- Professional Engagement -- LEADERSHIP OF SUCCESSFUL ARCHIVAL PROGRAMS -- Politically Savvy -- Defining the Vision for the Program -- Keeping Archives in the Change Business -- Valuing Employees -- Developing Employees -- Partnering for Progress -- Inspiring by Example -- Lifting the Archival Field -- LEADING ARCHIVAL PROGRAMS: TOWARD AN ACTION AGENDA -- APPENDIX A: ARCHIVAL LEADERSHIP AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP -- APPENDIX B: ARCHIVAL LEADERSHIP AND BUSINESS LEADERSHIP -- NOTES -- 9 Building Strong Archival Programs: Insights and Approaches -- LEADERSHIP QUALIFICATIONS FOR ARCHIVAL PROGRAM DIRECTORS -- STATEMENT OF PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS FOR DIRECTORS OF LARGE-SCALE GOVERNMENT RECORDS AND ARCHIVAL PROGRAMS1 -- Records and Archives Programs: Essential to Sound, Effective Government. -- Leadership and Administrative Abilities of Program Directors -- Preferred Qualifications -- FOSTERING DEVELOPMENT OF NEW COMPETENCIES FOR ARCHICAL PROFESSIONALS -- COMPETENCY PROFILE: INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS IN ARCHIVES, LIBRARIES AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT (N.P., 1999), SECTIONS H AND I.2. H. Demonstrate Business/Management Skills -- REDEFINING ARCHIVISTS AS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS -- INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS IN THE DIGITAL ERA3 -- Information's New Importance -- The Need for Professionals -- Principles of Information Management in Institutional Settings -- The Role of Information Professionals -- Associations of Information Professionals -- EXPLAINING THE ARCHIVES' VISION AND MISSION -- READY ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL EVIDENCE: THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION, 1997-2007, "STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS FOR THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION"4 -- Vision -- Mission -- Goals -- Values -- DEMONSTRATING THE USEFULNESS OF ARCHIVES -- WHAT WOULD YOU DO? 5 -- MAKING THE CASE FOR SUPPORT FOR ARCHIVAL PROGRAMS -- A CHALLENGE FOR THE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS OF NEW YORK 6 -- FOSTERING ARCHIVAL COOPERATION -- THE STATE PLAN: ELEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE 7 -- STAKING OUT NEW POSITIONS ON ELECTRONIC ARCHIVAL RECORDS -- MANAGING ELECTRONIC RECORDS: THE STRATEGY8 -- The Agency's Role -- The Archives' Role -- Working Together -- JOINING BROADER INFORMATION MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES -- WHAT IS A TRUSTWORTHY INFORMATION SYSTEM? 9 -- COLLECTIVELY ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS -- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK FOR RECORDS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT10 -- The Need for a Research and Development Framework -- The Foundation's Aims -- Initial List of Research and Development Areas -- NOTES -- Index -- About the Contributors.
9780313006982
Archives -- Administration.
Electronic books.
CD950.L43 2001
025.197
Leadership and Administration of Successful Archival Programs. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (168 pages) - Libraries Unlimited Library Management Collection . - Libraries Unlimited Library Management Collection .
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Leadership and Archival Education -- INTRODUCTION -- ARCHIVAL EDUCATION AND THE PRODUCTION OF LEADERS -- PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ABOUT CHALLENGES IN LEADERSHIP AND ARCHIVAL EDUCATION -- ARCHIVAL EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND LEADERSHIP STUDIES -- PARTICULAR AREAS WHERE EDUCATORS MAY SERVE AS LEADERS -- NOTES -- 2 The Art of the Possible: The Archivist as Administrator -- THE PLACE OF ARCHIVES IN THE INFORMATION PROFESSIONS -- THE STATES OF ARCHIVES IN 2000 -- PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS -- OPERATIONAL SIZE AS A FACTOR IN MANAGEMENT -- Small Archival Institutions -- Large Archival Institutions -- THREE SCENARIOS FOR NEW MANAGERS -- BASIC TENETS OF SUPERVISION AND LEADERSHIP -- DISPLAYING LEADERSHIP THROUGH TEAMWORK -- INNOVATION IN AN ARCHIVAL BUREAUCRACY -- GETTING HELP FOR THE ARCHIVES -- THE NATURE OF ARCHIVAL ADMINISTRATION AND LEADERSHIP -- NOTES -- 3 Ways and Means: Thinking and Acting to Strengthen the Infrastructure of Archival Programs -- INTRODUCTION -- A MINDSET TOWARD PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT: TEN WAYS OF THINKING -- WAYS OF ACTING: EIGHT SUGGESTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 4 Strategic Approaches to Program Building in Government: From Local to International and Back -- BACKGROUND -- SUCCESS INDICATORS AND SUCCESS FACTORS -- CASE STUDIES -- City of Portland, Oregon, 1977-1983 -- Utah State Archives, 1983-1986 -- World Health Organization, Switzerland, 1987-1990 -- United Nations, Geneva and New York, 1990-1998 -- City of Portland, Oregon, 1998-present -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- 5 Strategic Planning and Implementation at the National Archives and Records Administration: 1992-2000 -- INTRODUCTION -- ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT -- THE FIRST STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORT -- THE 1995 INITIATIVE -- STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS: THE FIRST STAGE -- THE SECOND STAGE: A NEW DIRECTION. IMPLEMENTING "READY ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL EVIDENCE" -- WHAT IS LEFT? -- CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS -- NOTES -- 6 Corporate Culture and the Archives -- THE ROLE OF ARCHIVES IN BUSINESS -- CREATING A RELEVANT BUSINESS PLAN -- THE ARCHIVAL FUNCTIONS REVISITED: A PRACTICAL VIEW OF ARCHIVAL WORK -- MARKETING THE ARCHIVES -- THE BOTTOM LINE -- 7 Archival Programs in the Academic Library -- INTRODUCTION -- ACADEMIC LIBRARIES-SOME CURRENT TRENDS -- THE CAMPUS, THE LIBRARY LEADERSHIP, AND THE ARCHIVES -- CONCLUSION -- 8 Leadership of Archival Programs -- LEADERSHIP AND THE STATE OF ARCHIVAL PROGRAMS -- MARKS OF EXCELLENCE -- Clear Sense of Purpose and Mission -- Evolution and Change -- Dynamic, Balanced Expansion -- High Visibility -- Customer Focus -- Peer Recognition -- Professional Engagement -- LEADERSHIP OF SUCCESSFUL ARCHIVAL PROGRAMS -- Politically Savvy -- Defining the Vision for the Program -- Keeping Archives in the Change Business -- Valuing Employees -- Developing Employees -- Partnering for Progress -- Inspiring by Example -- Lifting the Archival Field -- LEADING ARCHIVAL PROGRAMS: TOWARD AN ACTION AGENDA -- APPENDIX A: ARCHIVAL LEADERSHIP AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP -- APPENDIX B: ARCHIVAL LEADERSHIP AND BUSINESS LEADERSHIP -- NOTES -- 9 Building Strong Archival Programs: Insights and Approaches -- LEADERSHIP QUALIFICATIONS FOR ARCHIVAL PROGRAM DIRECTORS -- STATEMENT OF PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS FOR DIRECTORS OF LARGE-SCALE GOVERNMENT RECORDS AND ARCHIVAL PROGRAMS1 -- Records and Archives Programs: Essential to Sound, Effective Government. -- Leadership and Administrative Abilities of Program Directors -- Preferred Qualifications -- FOSTERING DEVELOPMENT OF NEW COMPETENCIES FOR ARCHICAL PROFESSIONALS -- COMPETENCY PROFILE: INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS IN ARCHIVES, LIBRARIES AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT (N.P., 1999), SECTIONS H AND I.2. H. Demonstrate Business/Management Skills -- REDEFINING ARCHIVISTS AS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS -- INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS IN THE DIGITAL ERA3 -- Information's New Importance -- The Need for Professionals -- Principles of Information Management in Institutional Settings -- The Role of Information Professionals -- Associations of Information Professionals -- EXPLAINING THE ARCHIVES' VISION AND MISSION -- READY ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL EVIDENCE: THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION, 1997-2007, "STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS FOR THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION"4 -- Vision -- Mission -- Goals -- Values -- DEMONSTRATING THE USEFULNESS OF ARCHIVES -- WHAT WOULD YOU DO? 5 -- MAKING THE CASE FOR SUPPORT FOR ARCHIVAL PROGRAMS -- A CHALLENGE FOR THE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS OF NEW YORK 6 -- FOSTERING ARCHIVAL COOPERATION -- THE STATE PLAN: ELEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE 7 -- STAKING OUT NEW POSITIONS ON ELECTRONIC ARCHIVAL RECORDS -- MANAGING ELECTRONIC RECORDS: THE STRATEGY8 -- The Agency's Role -- The Archives' Role -- Working Together -- JOINING BROADER INFORMATION MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES -- WHAT IS A TRUSTWORTHY INFORMATION SYSTEM? 9 -- COLLECTIVELY ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS -- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK FOR RECORDS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT10 -- The Need for a Research and Development Framework -- The Foundation's Aims -- Initial List of Research and Development Areas -- NOTES -- Index -- About the Contributors.
9780313006982
Archives -- Administration.
Electronic books.
CD950.L43 2001
025.197