Special Libraries: A Survival Guide

A Survival Guide

Learn why special or corporate libraries must align with their parent organizations in order to survive in these difficult economic times—and how to foster and demonstrate this critical relationship.

• Presents case studies of corporate and other special library reductions and closures and provides strategies to minimize your chances of becoming a victim

• Demonstrates how to integrate your information services and skills with essential functions of your parent organization

• Underscores the critical nature of documenting your contribution to your parent organization's mission

• Provides a useful predictive model to assess if your library is in danger of being severely cut back or closed outright

• Makes comparisons of corporate libraries in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand