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Publications
Books
Owens, Irene (2003).The Management of Staffing in Libraries. Westport,Connecticut: Greenwood Press. (In Progress).
Owens, Irene (Editor).(2002). Strategic Marketing in Libraries and Information Science. Binghamton, New York:Haworth Press. (At Press)
Owens, Irene. (Editor). (1997). Acquisitions and Collection Development in the Humanities. New York: Haworth Press.
Book Chapters
Owens, Irene.(2003) "Strategic Marketing in Library and Information Science: A Selected Review of Related Literature," The Acquisitions Librarian, ( At Press)Owens, Irene and Donald G. Davis, Jr. (2001) International Librarianship, The American Approach: An Historical Perspective," In International Librarianship: Cross-Border Idea & Information Flow Among Libraries and Information Centers, Lanham, MD:Scarecrow Press.
*Owens, Irene.(2001) "Stories Told But Yet Unfinished: African-American Collections in Historically Black Colleges and Universities, In Diversity Now: People, Collections, and Services in Academic Libraries: Selected Papers from the Big 12+ Libraries Consortium Diversity Conference, New York: Haworth Press.
*Owens, Irene. (2000).Managing Diversity in Information Agencies," In Developing Diversity Training For the Workplace, edited by Lauren N. Nile. Washington, D.C.: National Multicultural Center Publications, 4-51-54.
* Owens, Irene. (1997) Issues of Access, Ownership and Document Delivery: Considerations for the Humanities," 1997, pp.45-62. In Acquisitions and Collection Development in the Humanities. Binghamton, New York: Haworth Press. Also published as an article in The Acquisitions Librarian, Number 17/18, 1997.
Articles
Owens, Irene. (2003). "Strategic Marketing in Library and Information Science: A Selected Review of Related Literature," The Acquisitions Librarian, ( At Press) Published also as Book Chapter.* Owens, Irene. (2001). "South African Libraries from Pre-Apartheid to Apartheid in the 1960s and 1970s: The Beginning of the End," Library Management, 23 (1/2).
* Owens, Irene. (2001). "Stories Told But Yet Unfinished: African-American Libraries and Collections in Historically Black Colleges and Universities, The Journal of Library Administration, (published also as book chapter).* Owens, Irene. ( 2000). "A Managerial/Leadership Approach to Maintaining Diversity in Libraries: Accountability, Professionalism, Performance Evaluation, and Team-Building." Texas Library Journal,76(1), 20-27.
* Owens, Irene. (2000). "Maintaining Diversity in Information Agencies: Accountability, Professionalism, Performance Evaluation, and Team-Building." Bulletin of American Society of Information Science (ASIS), 26 (4), 17-20.
* Owens, Irene. (2000). "Managementul Calitatii, Factor Al Schimbarii: Strategii Pentru Secolul XXI," Bibliotheca Bibliologica, 21 (40), 49-58.
*_Owens, Irene.(1999)"The Impact of Change from Hierarchy to Teams in Two Academic Libraries: Intended Results vs. Actual Results Using Total Quality Management." College and Research Libraries, 60 (6), 571-584.* Owens, Irene. (1997). "Issues of Ownership, Access, and Document Delivery: Considerations for the Humanities," The Acquisitions Librarian, 17/18, 45-62. (Article published also as book chapter).
* Owens, Irene."The Retort As A Link to Better Understanding the Questioning Process in the Reference Interview: An Application of Social Exchange Theory," The Library Quarterly.(under revision)
* Owens, Irene. (1985/86). "The Importance of A Library in the Black Local Church," Journal of Religious Thought, 42 (2),62-68.
* Owens, Irene. (1987) "Ministry as Servant of Good and of the Church: A Bibliography," AME Zion Quarterly Review, April, 42-44.
* Owens, Irene.(1982)."Resources on the Life and theology of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." AME Zion Quarterly Review, 94(2), 39-40.
* Owens, Irene. (1980). "Selected References on Black Religious Music," AME Zion Quarterly Review, 92 (3), 52.
Co-Authorships
* Owens, Irene and Angelescu, Herminia. (2000). "Plowing in Rocky Land: Organizational Culture, Managed Change, and Quality Improvement in Selected Post-Communist Romanian Libraries," International Information and Library Review, 31, 197-224.
*Owens, Irene and Biddle, Reginald. (1975). "The Black World Religious Resources Collection at the Howard University School of Religion Library," The Journal of Religious Thought, Fall-Winter, 32 (2), 113-123.Owens, Irene (and others). "Acceptance of Social Marketing Concepts in Selected Romanian Libraries: Culture and Context," (Under Review)
Translated Works
* Owens, Irene and Angelescu, Herminia. (2000). "Plowing in Rocky Land: Organizational Culture, Managed Change, and Quality Improvement in Selected Post-Communist Romanian Libraries," International Information and Library Review, 31, 197-224.(Translated into Romanian, published in the Revista Bibliotecii Nationale a Romaniei, Anul Vinumarul 2/2000, 42-55.
*Owens, Irene. (1999)"The Impact of Change from Hierarchy to Teams in Two Academic Libraries: Intended Results vs. Actual Results Using Total Quality Management." College and Research Libraries, 60 (6), 571-584. (Translated into Japanese for the home page of the School of Library and Information Science at Keio University in Japan.)
*Refereed Journals
Biography
"Dr. Joseph Henry Reason, 1905-1997" Dictionary of American Library Biography.
Book Reviews Essays
Owens, Irene. (2000). Untold Stories:Civil Rights, Libraries and Black Librarianship, Edited by Mark Tucker, Libraries and Culture, 35 (2), 359-363.
Book Reviews
Owens, Irene.(1999) Adventures with Britannia, Volumes I and II.By Roger Lewis, Libraries and Culture, 34 (4),423-425.
Owens, Irene. (1977/78). The Howard University Bibliography of African and Afro-American Religious Studies; With Locations in American Libraries, by Ethel L. Williams and Clifton F. Brown, Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, Inc. The Journal of Religious Thought, 34 (2),73-74.
Web-Based Text
Owens, Irene.(1999) "The Impact of Change from Hierarchy to Teams in Two Academic Libraries: Intended Results vs. Actual Results Using Total Quality Management." College and Research Libraries, 60 (6), 571-584. (Translated into Japanese for the home page of the School of Library and Information Science at Keio University in Japan.)
Invited Papers - International
International Conference on Public Library Management in Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Taipei Public Library, October 23-27, 2002. Presented Paper entitled " A 50/50 Split (Present and Future):Strategic Planning and Marketing for Public Libraries."
Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA). Fourth Annual Conference. 25-28 September, Johannesburg, South Africa. Delivered Paper entitled, "Library Resources on the African Diaspora Located in U.S. Libraries: Challenges and Opportunities."
Libraries in times of utopian thoughts and social protests- the libraries of the late 1960-ies and the 1970-ies. A conference organized by the Round Table on Library History and The Section Library Theory and Research within IFLA. Delivered paper entitled, "South African Libraries from Pre-Apartheid to Apartheid in the 1960s and 1970s: The Beginning of the End." The University of Boras, Boras, Sweden. May 27, 2001.
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