
Library and Information Center Management
Libraries Unlimited Inc (Publisher)
9th Edition
Published on 16. November 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
568 pages
978-1-4408-5447-7 (ISBN)
Description
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."
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."
Reviews / Votes
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. * Booklist Online * For those teaching or learning about leading and managing libraries, this book would be a valuable resource. . . . . [It] offers a wealth of information about being successful in leading and managing all types of libraries. . . . A valuable resource for a class or as a professional reference on leading and managing libraries. Recommended. * School Library Connection *More details
Series
Edition
9th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
1054 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4408-5447-7 (9781440854477)
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Barbara B. Moran | Claudia J. Morner
Library and Information Center Management
E-Book
11/2017
9th Edition
Libraries Unlimited Inc
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Barbara B. Moran | Claudia J. Morner
Library and Information Center Management
E-Book
11/2017
9th Edition
Libraries Unlimited Inc
€55.99
Available for download
Persons
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.
Claudia J. Morner, PhD, was dean/professor emerita at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
Content
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Section 1-Introduction
1 Managing in Today's Libraries
2 The Evolution of Management Thought
3 Change: The Innovative Process
Section 2-Planning
4 Strategic Planning, Decision Making, and Policy
5 Planning and Maintaining Library Facilities
6 Marketing Information Services
Section 3-Organizing
7 Organizations and Organizational Culture
8 The Fundamentals of Organization: Specialization and Coordination
9 Designing Adaptive Organizational Structures
Section 4-Human Resources
10 Staffing the Library
11 The Human Resources Function in the Library
12 Other Issues in Human Resource Management
Section 5-Leading
13 Motivation in the Workplace
14 Organizational Leadership
15 Professional Ethics
16 Organizational Communication
17 Empowering Employees through the Use of Teams
Section 6-Coordinating
18 Evaluating Organizational Performance
19 Library Finance and Budgets
20 Library Fund-Raising (Development) and Grant Writing
Section 7-Managing in the 21st Century
21 Managers: The Next Generation
Index
Preface
Acknowledgments
Section 1-Introduction
1 Managing in Today's Libraries
2 The Evolution of Management Thought
3 Change: The Innovative Process
Section 2-Planning
4 Strategic Planning, Decision Making, and Policy
5 Planning and Maintaining Library Facilities
6 Marketing Information Services
Section 3-Organizing
7 Organizations and Organizational Culture
8 The Fundamentals of Organization: Specialization and Coordination
9 Designing Adaptive Organizational Structures
Section 4-Human Resources
10 Staffing the Library
11 The Human Resources Function in the Library
12 Other Issues in Human Resource Management
Section 5-Leading
13 Motivation in the Workplace
14 Organizational Leadership
15 Professional Ethics
16 Organizational Communication
17 Empowering Employees through the Use of Teams
Section 6-Coordinating
18 Evaluating Organizational Performance
19 Library Finance and Budgets
20 Library Fund-Raising (Development) and Grant Writing
Section 7-Managing in the 21st Century
21 Managers: The Next Generation
Index