The deficiencies of current performance measurement practice are discussed, in particular, the tendency to gather information about process and to report in a way which obscures the value of the library to the parent organisation and the rarity of linking personal performance evaluation to organisational performance. Some methods of establishing the value of a librarian are fantasised about. Journal of the Hong Kong Library Association 18, 105-114 Published version of an address delivered to students and graduates, School Of Information Studies, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, October 1994. Acceptance Speech, Queensland Special Librarian of the Year Award. Librarians and the PPC Factor.
Librarians assume that a weak power base in the organisation is a function of their role.
The fallacies of this perception and the failure of librarians to recognise and use their personal power are discussed. Acceptance Speech, Queensland Special Librarian of the Year Award Ceremony, Brisbane, Qld. The Do's And Don'ts Of Addressing Selection Criteria. And The Beginning Library Technician. And Information Practice Cape Technikon, Cape Town, South Africa.