The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and an Application: The Selection of a Library Director as a Leader

Abstract

The librarians have to take various decisions to deal with the problems met in library and information centers. Before having made the decisions, the librarians should firstly define the problem with all details. If the librarians have clear information about the relevant problem, they can easily define and solve it. But the problems met by librarians in library and information centers sometimes may have a complex and an unclear structure. The librarians need a powerful method to deal with such a problem having a complex and an unclear structure. This method may be Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The main purpose of this study is to explain how to use the AHP. Furthermore, in this study it is also explained how to select a library director as a leader.