Public library planning: a routine practice?

Pacios Lozano, Ana Reyes

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Public library planning: a routine practice?

dc.affiliation.dpto	UC3M. Departamento de Biblioteconomía y Documentación	es
dc.contributor.author	Pacios Lozano, Ana Reyes
dc.date.accessioned	2020-12-01T08:49:12Z
dc.date.available	2020-12-01T08:49:12Z
dc.date.issued	2017-06
dc.description.abstract	Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to study whether organisations, in this case libraries, continue to plan after having done so at least once, and whether they conduct planning on a routine basis. Design/methodology/approach - The websites of 71 libraries, that in 2006 had a strategic or long-term plan, were analysed to determine whether in 2016 they had a new plan in place. Where there was none or where the name of the plan had changed, e-mails were sent to the head librarian to ascertain the reasons. Findings - A total of 71.83 per cent of the libraries in the sample had a new plan underway in October 2016, i.e., ten years later. A significant rise (+ 8.03 per cent) in the number of three-year plans was observed relative to 2006, perhaps because the crisis and resulting uncertainty have induced libraries to narrow their decision-making windows. A preference for the term "strategic plan": over "long-range plan" was also detected in 2016. Originality/value - The study provides empirical evidence of the existence of routine planning. The continuity of plans in a series of libraries shows that in practice planning is a systematic, continuous and iterative activity, as contended in planning theory.	es
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation	Pacios Lozano, A.R. (2017). Public library planning: a routine practice?, Library Management, v. 38 n. 4/5, pp. 237-247	en
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-12-2016-0101
dc.identifier.issn	0143-5124
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage	237
dc.identifier.publicationissue	4/5
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage	247
dc.identifier.publicationtitle	Library Management	en
dc.identifier.publicationvolume	38
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10016/31508
dc.identifier.uxxi	AR/0000022134
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Emerald	en
dc.rights	Copyright © 2017, Emerald Publishing Limited	en
dc.rights	Atribución-NoComercial 3.0 España
dc.rights.accessRights	open access
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/es/
dc.subject.eciencia	Biblioteconomía y Documentación	es
dc.subject.other	Strategic Plan	en
dc.subject.other	Public Library	en
dc.subject.other	Planning	en
dc.subject.other	Routine	en
dc.subject.other	Organizational Strategy	en
dc.subject.other	Long-Range Plan	en
dc.title	Public library planning: a routine practice?	en
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