This book, first published in 1991, presents a variety of insightful perspectives on how proper human resources management strategies can provide library staff members at all levels with the skills needed for libraries of the future.

1. Preparing Academic and Research Library Staff for the 1990s and Beyond Susan Jurow 2. Leadership Development and Organizational Maturity Patricia Iannuzzi 3. The Greening of Librarianship: Toward a Human Resource Development Ecology Duncan Smith 4. Perceptions of Library Leadership in a Time of Change Peter V. Deekle and Ann de Klerk 5. Library Assistants in the Year 2000 A. Ann Dykeman 6. Recognition of the Role of the Librarian: Position Classification at Yale Jack A. Siggins 7. The Rhetoric of Performance Management: A Training Problem and Two Solutions George Soete