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Figure 5-1.—Shipboard library on USS MASSACHUSETTS in 1898.
commanding officers for general libraries afloat.
When library materials are allocated to ship
squadrons, for example, you may be called upon to
provide advice and assistance to library officers of
these ships. The many factors involved in the
administration of the Navy’s General Library
Program will be described in the following
paragraphs.
CHIEF OF NAVAL EDUCATION AND
TRAINING
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) sponsors
the Navy’s General Library Program. Under CNO,
the Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET)
has the overall operational responsibility for the
General Library Program. To ensure successful
management of the Navy’s General Library Program,
CNET sets policies, establishes the required reports,
and provides or directs the following functions:
Management studies to plan, evaluate, and
develop the General Library Program
Liaison
with
services,
commands,
departments, and offices in and out of the Navy,
Department of Defense, and federal government
on library matters
Advice on general library administrative and
management elements such as budgets, staffing,
facilities,
collection
development,
public
relations, and public services
Arrangement of
and
participation
in
workshops, conferences, seminars, and other
training programs for library personnel
Collection and evaluation of data on general
libraries and applying results in planning,
budgeting, policy formulation, and developing
standards and criteria
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