Library Management

A Practical Guide for Librarians

AvBridgit McCafferty

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

Most professional librarians, even recent graduates, manage something, whether it be a project, service, department, or a whole library. This book explains the different managerial roles at libraries, looking at the levels of managers, what they do, and how they do it. The goal is to explore the unique challenges faced by different types of library managers, in order to prepare early and mid-career librarians to step into new roles, and to think about how they might progress toward upper-management in a library. The approach is practice-driven, with a particular focus on the soft skills that are needed to be successful as a manager. Library Management: A Practical Guide for Librarians features three parts: project management, middle management, and upper management. These sections cover the different kinds of challenges that face people at each level of their career, exploring how these challenges can help prepare librarians for promotion to the next level. The purpose of these sections is to show how management skills develop over the course of one’s career, and to explore how leaders changes from context to context. Though each section focuses on a particular level of authority, the lessons can be useful for and applied to all of the levels discussed. For example, the same librarian might fill different roles in different contexts. A dean might serve as a library’s executive, but also manage a university-wide project or a middle manager might step into the role of dean temporarily, or might wonder what the next level of management would require.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-05-26
Mått:213 x 268 x 11 mm
Vikt:494 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Practical Guides for Librarians
Antal sidor:178
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781538144619

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Mer om författaren

Bridgit McCafferty is the dean of the university library at Texas A&M University-Central Texas, and has led the library for seven years. Prior to this, she was in charge of reference and instruction services for the library. She coauthored British Postmodernism: Strategies and Sources, and has written several book chapters about library assessment and library support for nontraditional students.

Recensioner i media

Library Management: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Bridgit McCafferty brings together the theoretical and the practical side of library management in an easy-to-read guide. The chapters are brief so that they can be read at one sitting. New librarian managers will find McCafferty’s guide an excellent desk top reference guide from day one of their management careers.

Innehållsförteckning

DedicationPrefaceSection I Project ManagementChapter 1 The Role of the Project ManagerChapter 2 Leadership StylesChapter 3 Group Development and ConflictChapter 4 Project Management FrameworksChapter 5 Assessment BasicsChapter 6 Developing Professionally through Project ManagementSection II Middle ManagementChapter 7 The Role of a Middle ManagerChapter 8 Mentoring and Managing EmployeesChapter 9 Coordinating ResourcesChapter 10 Strategic Planning and AssessmentChapter 11 Promoting and Transforming Organizational CultureChapter 12 Developing Professionally through Middle ManagementSection III Upper ManagementChapter 13 The Role of a DirectorChapter 14 Managing Managers and Managing UpChapter 15 Crisis LeadershipChapter 16 BudgetingChapter 17 Getting SupportChapter 18 Peer Review, Accreditation, and AssessmentChapter 19 Developing Professionally through Upper ManagementBibliography