Creating a Staff-Led Strategic Plan

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This guide is a useful primer for all library staff, particularly in terms of in-staff communication. * Booklist * Mathuews and Spellman have written a must-read primer for library administrators who want to get staff of all levels involved in the strategic planning process. The authors provide plenty of salient examples, practical advice, and helpful resources to create a comprehensive, but flexible, blueprint for staff-led strategic planning. Read it cover to cover or jump to the chapters you need the most-this title has plenty to offer library leaders writing their next strategic plan. * Ann Marie Smeraldi, Assistant Director for Public Services, Michael Schwartz Library, Cleveland State University, USA * An easy-to-understand road map that libraries can follow. It offers practical tools for strategic innovation using the knowledge and creativity of staff members. This book is a welcome addition to the strategic planning literature and has much to commend it. * Joseph R. Matthews, Library Consultant and Author * "Why is it teamwork when there's work to be done, but never when there's thinking to be done?" One of my first library mentors asked that important question, and Mathuews and Spellman have written a book to address the issue, including the "why" and "how" for engaging your team in a strategic planning process. This book offers highly practical advice about effective strategic planning for all libraries that not only talks about getting staff buy-in, but provides meaningful actions for ensuring it. * James M. Hill, Executive Director, Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library (OH), USA *