THE ROLE OF BUSINESS FACULTIES AT EASTERN EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES AND LIBRARIANS: PROVIDING ASSISTACE TO INDIVIDUALS ASPIRING TO OWN AND OPERATE THEIR OWN BUSINESSES

Abstract

Citizens of Eastern European countries need to acquire knowledge on how to start and operate business if their move to t a free‐market economy is to be successful. The acquisition of such knowledge will come from putting at the disposal of entrepreneurs a core business library and assistance on how to utilize that library properly. Public libraries are already in place. Among other things, the role of the library is to serve the information and self‐improvement needs of the public Those already working cannot be expected to take time to go to universities for formal business school programmes. However, they should be able to seek out useful business information at public libraries as part of their education about business techniques. An examination of data from the National Hungarian Public Library in Budapest indicatcs that there is a gap in the business collection concerning information on how to start and run a business. Business books and periodicals should be added to all Eastern European libraries; initially the collection should be more practical than theoretical Universities should work with the public libraries to provide basic instruction in business areas. The libraries can serve as satellite instructional facilities where seminars and workshops and ongoing reference assistance can be provided.

Citation

Gavin, T.A., Prince, W.W. and Campbell, J. (1993), "THE ROLE OF BUSINESS FACULTIES AT EASTERN EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES AND LIBRARIANS: PROVIDING ASSISTACE TO INDIVIDUALS ASPIRING TO OWN AND OPERATE THEIR OWN BUSINESSES", Library Management, Vol. 14 No. 7, pp. 14-22. https://doi.org/10.1108/01435129310047992