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Packing for the journey: administrative and institutional support

Abstract:

Appropriate levels of administrative and institutional support, including well-defi ned roles and responsibilities, as well as funding and budgetary support, are critical to the success of an information literacy program.

Key words

program leadership

program responsibilities

institutional support

administrativesupport

funding

budget

Administrative support

Librarians’ enthusiasm, dedication and commitment can carry an information literacy program to a certain extent. Without the proper support from supervisors and administrators, however, improvement and growth will be constrained. Let us be frank, managers and superiors are also capable of a lack of understanding, ...

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