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Unit 14: Change and Quality Management

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
14.1 Change Management: The Concept

14.1.1 Types of Changes
14.1.2 Problems and Prospects
14.1.3 Processes
14.1.4 Libraries and Information Centers
14.1.5 Skills
14.1.6 Strategies

14.2 Library Automation and Networking
14.3 Summary
14.4 Keywords
14.5 Review Questions

14.6 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
• Explain budgetary and non budgetary devices
• Discuss the problem in budgetary
• Describe the characteristics, organization and administration of a budget

• Define the management information system.

Introduction

Change management is not a singular concept; rather it includes a set of best practices and
experiences, which are used to handle both the internal as well as external changes. Change
management includes effective management of new methods and systems in an ongoing organization
It is both an area of professional practice as well as a body of knowledge. Change from an
existing setup to a new environment has its own set of inherent problems and the problems
become multifold when applied in a service institution as library. Libraries have been pioneers
in adopting any new technology, the same holds true for information and technology also.
The role of libraries has gradually changed from the traditional storehouse of information to
access providers. There has been a paradigm shift in the ways libraries used to be managed.
The problems associated with the transition in the case of libraries have both content and a
process dimension. This paper aims at providing a broad overview of the concept of change
management and its relevance for managing the transit of traditional paper-library to digital-
library.

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