Library administration vs management Parmar J. B.1, Parmar A. B.2 1Librarian, Sir P.P. Institute of Science, Waghawadi Road, Bhavnagar (Gujarat) 2Librarian, Shri Sahajanand Institute of Management, Akwada, Dist. Bhavnagar (Gujarat) Online published on 29 June, 2013. Abstract Management is the term, which is familiar to almost every one, as a process or an activity that brings together several resources like persons, material, techniques and technologies to accomplish a task or tasks. These tasks may pertain to perform a variety of functions of an organization like university. Today management has become a highly specialized professional activity ensuring efficiency and a high rate of productivity. Library administration can be studied from theoretical as well as practical angels. To have better results, practical administration must be based on sound theoretical principles. On the other hand, to get sound theoretical principles, these should be based on practical experiences. A library presents almost the same problems as are encountered with in any other social institution – a school, or a commercial or industrial undertaking. It would, therefore, be appropriate to take into account the administrative functions of other social institutions and to supply them to libraries with necessary modifications. Top Keywords Library, Administration, Management, Organization, Librarian. Top |