Practical Strategies for Academic Library Managers
Leading with Vision Through All Levels
1st Edition
Published on 10. November 2015
184 pages
978-1-61069-890-0 (ISBN)
Description
Looking for tips on how to work towards your overall vision while remaining productive on the frontlines? The book gives you fresh ideas for balancing your managerial duties with day-to-day responsibilities in the academic library.
A compilation of ideas from noted leaders in academic librarianship, this book explores a wealth of topics, including budgeting, human resources, facilities, collections, and IT. There is also helpful advice that will help you navigate emerging areas of librarianship, such as blended librarianship, cross-institutional collaboration, and marketing the library. You will learn how to manage, lead, and address specific library areas-all at once.
Practical Strategies for Academic Library Managers: Leading with Vision through All Levels is ideal for current professionals with an expanded scope of responsibilities and those who have had administrative duties for some time, but are looking for new techniques for being a better manager. The book includes an introduction written by the editors, who are both associate deans in university libraries. Each chapter is written by a different expert in the field, providing a rich array of approaches and perspectives.
A compilation of ideas from noted leaders in academic librarianship, this book explores a wealth of topics, including budgeting, human resources, facilities, collections, and IT. There is also helpful advice that will help you navigate emerging areas of librarianship, such as blended librarianship, cross-institutional collaboration, and marketing the library. You will learn how to manage, lead, and address specific library areas-all at once.
Practical Strategies for Academic Library Managers: Leading with Vision through All Levels is ideal for current professionals with an expanded scope of responsibilities and those who have had administrative duties for some time, but are looking for new techniques for being a better manager. The book includes an introduction written by the editors, who are both associate deans in university libraries. Each chapter is written by a different expert in the field, providing a rich array of approaches and perspectives.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
ISBN-13
978-1-61069-890-0 (9781610698900)
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Leading with Vision through All Levels
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Persons
Frances C. Wilkinson, EdD, MLS, is senior associate dean of the College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences and a professor of librarianship at the University of New Mexico.
Rebecca L. Lubas, MLIS, is associate dean of the Claremont Colleges Library.
Rebecca L. Lubas, MLIS, is associate dean of the Claremont Colleges Library.
Content
Contents
Foreword by Maureen Sullivan
Introduction
Chapter One: Communicating and Implementing an Organization Vision
Steven Mandeville-Gamble
Chapter Two: If It's Tuesday, It Must Be a Reorganization
Rebecca L. Lubas and Frances C. Wilkinson
Chapter Three: Strategies for Managing Human Resources
Pat T. Hawthorne
Chapter Four: Game of Funds: Strategies for Strong and Healthy Budgets
Susan E. Parker
Chapter Five: Marketing, Publicity, and Outreach
Loreen Henry
Chapter Six: Library Buildings and Spaces
Mary Ellen Spencer, Head and Sarah Barbara Watstein
Chapter Seven: Managing Library Information Technology
Nina Davis-Millis
Chapter Eight: Blended Librarianship: What Every Academic Library Manager Should Know
Anne E. Pemberton
Chapter Nine: Elements of Successful Collaboration: Academic Libraries beyond Their Institutions
Nancy Bolt
Index
Foreword by Maureen Sullivan
Introduction
Chapter One: Communicating and Implementing an Organization Vision
Steven Mandeville-Gamble
Chapter Two: If It's Tuesday, It Must Be a Reorganization
Rebecca L. Lubas and Frances C. Wilkinson
Chapter Three: Strategies for Managing Human Resources
Pat T. Hawthorne
Chapter Four: Game of Funds: Strategies for Strong and Healthy Budgets
Susan E. Parker
Chapter Five: Marketing, Publicity, and Outreach
Loreen Henry
Chapter Six: Library Buildings and Spaces
Mary Ellen Spencer, Head and Sarah Barbara Watstein
Chapter Seven: Managing Library Information Technology
Nina Davis-Millis
Chapter Eight: Blended Librarianship: What Every Academic Library Manager Should Know
Anne E. Pemberton
Chapter Nine: Elements of Successful Collaboration: Academic Libraries beyond Their Institutions
Nancy Bolt
Index
