id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-13965 Burckel, Nicholas C. Participatory Management in Academic Libraries: A Review 1984-01-01 10 .pdf application/pdf 5884 261 41 Bergman also noted that much of what the library staff does is dic- tated by circumstances and cm1ditions outside the library over which neither staff nor library management have direct con- trol. To put the issue in perspective, this article reviews the major contributions to participatory management theory, examines the arguments of library propo- nents and critics of the theory, and draws some conclusions about its application in libraries. he 1960s and much of the 1970s witnessed a meteoric increase in the number of students at- tending college, partly as a result of the baby boom coming of age and partly because a greater proportion of college-age students continued their post- secondary education in colleges and uni- versities. cache/crl-13965.pdf txt/crl-13965.txt