Library and Information Center Management, 8th Edition
8th Edition
Published on 27. November 2012
Book
Hardback
470 pages
978-1-59884-988-2 (ISBN)
Description
This updated edition of the renowned library management textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the techniques needed to effectively manage a contemporary library or information center.
Library and Information Center Management: Eighth Edition continues to be an essential textbook that provides a complete introduction to library management. It supplies a comprehensive, one-volume overview of all the functions of management specifically applied to the modern library environment.
This latest revised and updated edition begins with introductory chapters that discuss the roles of library managers in the past and in the present, explain why library staff must rethink their purpose, and document the inadequacy of management techniques that once seemed appropriate. In addition to discussing key planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling strategies, the book also provides chapters on marketing, facilities management, and fundraising. The final chapter provides young managers with invaluable guidance and addresses the challenges of succeeding in management without the benefit of decades of experience.
Library and Information Center Management: Eighth Edition continues to be an essential textbook that provides a complete introduction to library management. It supplies a comprehensive, one-volume overview of all the functions of management specifically applied to the modern library environment.
This latest revised and updated edition begins with introductory chapters that discuss the roles of library managers in the past and in the present, explain why library staff must rethink their purpose, and document the inadequacy of management techniques that once seemed appropriate. In addition to discussing key planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling strategies, the book also provides chapters on marketing, facilities management, and fundraising. The final chapter provides young managers with invaluable guidance and addresses the challenges of succeeding in management without the benefit of decades of experience.
Reviews / Votes
"In this time of stressed budgets managers will appreciate the chapters on fundraising, facilities management, and marketing for today's library. This textbook remains the best introductory source on library management, and this revision is welcome." - ARBAMore details
Edition
8th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
ISBN-13
978-1-59884-988-2 (9781598849882)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Barbara B. Moran, PhD, is 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. Moran is coauthor of five previous editions of Libraries Unlimited's Library and Information Center Management textbook and is also the author of numerous articles, book chapters, and three other books on various aspects of management and leadership.
Robert D. Stueart, PhD, is professor and dean emeritus of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College in Boston, MA. He has served as president of ALISE and the former Library Education Division of ALA and on the executive board of both ALA and IFLA. He has been coauthor of this textbook since the first edition in 1977.
Claudia J. Morner, PhD, was dean and professor emerita of the University Library at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. She serves as an adjunct faculty member at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College, Boston., MA. Morner holds a doctorate in higher education from Boston College.
Robert D. Stueart, PhD, is professor and dean emeritus of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College in Boston, MA. He has served as president of ALISE and the former Library Education Division of ALA and on the executive board of both ALA and IFLA. He has been coauthor of this textbook since the first edition in 1977.
Claudia J. Morner, PhD, was dean and professor emerita of the University Library at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. She serves as an adjunct faculty member at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College, Boston., MA. Morner holds a doctorate in higher education from Boston College.
Content
Contents Preface Acknowledgments Section 1-Introduction Chapter 1: Managing in Today's Libraries and Information Centers Chapter 2: The Evolution of Management Thought Chapter 3: Change-The Innovative Process Section 2-Planning Chapter 4: Strategic Planning-Decision Making and Policy Chapter 5: Planning and Maintaining Library Facilities Chapter 6: Marketing Information Services Section 3-Organizing Chapter 7: Organizations and Organizational Culture Chapter 8: Structuring the Organization-Specialization and Coordination Chapter 9: The Structuring of Organizations Section 4-Human Resources Chapter 10: Staffing the Library Chapter 11: The Human Resources Functions in the Library Chapter 12: Other Issues in Human Resource Management Section 5-Leading Chapter 13: Motivation Chapter 14: Leadership Chapter 15: Ethics Chapter 16: Communication Chapter 17: Participative Leadership and the Use of Teams in Libraries Section 6-Coordinating Chapter 18: Measuring, Evaluating, and Coordinating Organizational Performance Chapter 19: Fiscal Responsibility and Control Chapter 20: Library Development and Fundraising Section 7--Managing in the 21st Century Chapter 21: Managers: The Next Generation Index