Frequently Asked Questions
Below, are the most frequently asked questions from users of the Library over the past 10 years that we've managed the Library. Answers are provided in the form of links to other sections of the Library so that you can get used to using those most useful sections and to avoid duplicating their information herein.What is the purpose and scope of the Library? How is it unique? What's its "niche"?
See What Is the Free Management Library?How can I learn to use the Library to best meet my needs?
See How To Use the LibraryWhat if I want to copy or distribute materials from the library? Who owns the materials?
See Copyright, ReprintHow can I add materials to the Library?
See Community Rules and How to Add Content to the Library.Can I get Library materials provided to me on a CD-ROM or as printed-out documents?
The materials in the Library are owned by the authors and/or publishers of those materials -- the Library does not own most of the materials referenced from the Library. Thus, the Library does not have the right to copy, publish and/or distribute those materials. The Library provides those materials primarily by providing links to them. For more information, see See Copyright, Reprint.How can I contact the administrators of the Library?
Use the appropriate link on the left-hand sidebar under the section "Contact Us".Where can I find additional sources of assistance to solve management problems or achieve goals?
There is a vast range of free resources available to you in the "General Info" section on the right-hand sidebar. Also, see the "Related Library Topics" and "Recommended Books" referenced from the bottom of each topic's page.How can I stay up-to-date with the newest materials added to the Library?
We are considering adding an "Email Subscription" service that emails subscribed users with the newest additions to the Library. We also are considering adding RSS capability. We're surveying our users to assess the usefulness of these features.Why doesn't the Library annotate each of the links in the Library?
An annotation is a very short (2- or 3-line) description of the highlights of a particular resource, for example, of an article. Different users often need different results from, and can have different perspectives on, the same resource. Brief annotations are often very generic and, thus, very often can't be specific and useful enough to those having diverse needs from the same resource.Also, we've found over the past 10 years of managing the Library, that users very rarely ask for annotations -- they find it useful to click on the link to the article and then quickly scan it for themselves according to their own needs and perspectives.
Besides, the links we provide to articles are almost always on other websites -- those websites often annotate the articles. Thus, we do not annotate each article in the Library.Why doesn't the Library offer online discussion groups for each of its many topics?
Online discussion groups and blogs are popping up like popcorn. The vast majority of them do not achieve the high rate of participation and feedback needed to make them useful to participants. The vast majority fizzle out and die altogether.However, there are several online groups in regard to management that have already achieved that very high level of participation. They have 1,000s of participants and are relevant to the vast majority of topics in regard to management.
Our interests are ensuring that our users get prompt and useful feedback -- they're much more likely to get that kind of feedback from an already established online group, rather than our trying to start a bunch of new groups. Thus, we link to the current, highly participative groups -- see the link to "Online Groups" in the right-hand sidebar.