Library and Information Center Management

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

This essential, single-volume textbook supplies a comprehensive introduction to library management that addresses all the functions of management, specifically within the ever-evolving modern library environment.Strategic planning. Facilities management. Leadership, ethics, communication, and motivation. Human resources and staffing. Change, library development, and innovation. Marketing. Measurement and evaluation. Fiscal responsibility and control. These are just some of the wide range of responsibilities and necessary skills of contemporary library managers—not all of which are typically covered in detail in LIS educational programs.Now updated and expanded for its ninth edition, Libraries Unlimited's Library and Information Center Management is the core management text for library information science programs. This latest text adds new information on grant writing as well as more about budgets, marketing, financial management, assessment, and evidence-based management. The authors include various real-world examples from international settings to help readers understand and conceptualize the place of the library and information center in our global world. Each chapter ends with two helpful sections that present numerous examples and opportunities to apply newly gained information: "Practice Your Skills" and "Discussion Questions."

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-11-16
Mått:176 x 252 x 32 mm
Vikt:1 060 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Library and Information Science Text Series
Antal sidor:568
Upplaga:9
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781440854477

Utforska kategorier

Referensverk och tvärvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Barbara B. Moran, PhD, was Louis Round Wilson Distinguished Professor at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she served as dean from 1990 to 1998.Claudia J. Morner, PhD, was dean/professor emerita at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

Recensioner i media

It is essential to teach our future leaders not only to expect this rate of change, but also to master it whenever possible. Library and Information Center Management, now in its ninth edition, attempts to take on that teaching role. . . . Every chapter has been revised using feedback from users of previous editions.

Innehållsförteckning

IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsSection 1—Introduction1 Managing in Today's Libraries2 The Evolution of Management Thought3 Change: The Innovative ProcessSection 2—Planning4 Strategic Planning, Decision Making, and Policy5 Planning and Maintaining Library Facilities6 Marketing Information ServicesSection 3—Organizing7 Organizations and Organizational Culture8 The Fundamentals of Organization: Specialization and Coordination9 Designing Adaptive Organizational StructuresSection 4—Human Resources10 Staffing the Library11 The Human Resources Function in the Library12 Other Issues in Human Resource ManagementSection 5—Leading13 Motivation in the Workplace14 Organizational Leadership15 Professional Ethics16 Organizational Communication17 Empowering Employees through the Use of TeamsSection 6—Coordinating18 Evaluating Organizational Performance19 Library Finance and Budgets20 Library Fund-Raising (Development) and Grant WritingSection 7—Managing in the 21st Century21 Managers: The Next GenerationIndex