
Research-Based Planning for Public Libraries
Increasing Relevance in the Digital Age
Joseph R. Matthews(Author)
Libraries Unlimited Inc (Publisher)
Published on 24. October 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
228 pages
978-1-61069-007-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book will help public library administrators, managers, and board members to better plan, strategize, and understand their communities, enabling public libraries to become dynamic, proactive institutions.
Research-Based Planning for Public Libraries: Increasing Relevance in the Digital Age takes readers through a logical and effective process for developing a plan and implementing it within the various functions of the library. Grounded in research and best practices, the book offers practical, easy-to-implement advice and direction for today's public library administrators, managers, and board members.
Covering everything from goal-setting, policy-making, and budgeting, to collections, promotions, and access and evaluation, the book details how to better provide and promote access, convey its value to customers, and make the library a more integral part of the community. The author inspires library staff and administrators to reinvent themselves to meet-and overcome-the current challenges they face. The information is specifically tailored towards public librarians, particularly those in management or administration, as well as to LIS faculty and students of public librarianship and library management.
Research-Based Planning for Public Libraries: Increasing Relevance in the Digital Age takes readers through a logical and effective process for developing a plan and implementing it within the various functions of the library. Grounded in research and best practices, the book offers practical, easy-to-implement advice and direction for today's public library administrators, managers, and board members.
Covering everything from goal-setting, policy-making, and budgeting, to collections, promotions, and access and evaluation, the book details how to better provide and promote access, convey its value to customers, and make the library a more integral part of the community. The author inspires library staff and administrators to reinvent themselves to meet-and overcome-the current challenges they face. The information is specifically tailored towards public librarians, particularly those in management or administration, as well as to LIS faculty and students of public librarianship and library management.
Reviews / Votes
Public library administrators and leaders of access services will benefit from this volume, as will students of access services. Those working in access services in other types of libraries may also benefit from this volume. * ARBA * [M]ost useful to directors of libraries who are able to make some of the sweeping changes that Matthews suggests. . . . [R]eaders can take away a lot of statistics and references from the sizable resource list at the back of the book and start to develop their own small-scale versions of the ideas. * Library Quarterly *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
354 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61069-007-2 (9781610690072)
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Joseph R. Matthews
Research-Based Planning for Public Libraries
Increasing Relevance in the Digital Age
E-Book
10/2013
1st Edition
Libraries Unlimited Inc
€47.49
Available for download

Joseph R. Matthews
Research-Based Planning for Public Libraries
Increasing Relevance in the Digital Age
E-Book
10/2013
1st Edition
Libraries Unlimited Inc
€47.49
Available for download
Person
Joseph R. Matthews is a consultant who has assisted numerous academic, public, and special libraries in a wide variety of projects.
Content
CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1: It's Going to Be a Wild Ride
Chapter 2: Understanding Your Market
Chapter 3: Developing a Plan
Chapter 4: Selection Policies
Chapter 5: The Physical Collection
Chapter 6: The Virtual Library
Chapter 7: Evaluating the Collection
Chapter 8: Providing Access
Chapter 9: Evaluating the Library
References
Index
Introduction
Chapter 1: It's Going to Be a Wild Ride
Chapter 2: Understanding Your Market
Chapter 3: Developing a Plan
Chapter 4: Selection Policies
Chapter 5: The Physical Collection
Chapter 6: The Virtual Library
Chapter 7: Evaluating the Collection
Chapter 8: Providing Access
Chapter 9: Evaluating the Library
References
Index