Practical Strategies for Academic Library Managers: Leading with Vision Through All Levels: Leading with Vision through All Levels

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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Practical Strategies for Academic Library Managers: Leading with Vision Through All Levels: Leading with Vision through All Levels

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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Practical Strategies for Academic Library Managers: Leading with Vision Through All Levels: Leading with Vision through All Levels

Practical Strategies for Academic Library Managers: Leading with Vision Through All Levels: Leading with Vision through All Levels

Practical Strategies for Academic Library Managers: Leading with Vision Through All Levels: Leading with Vision through All Levels

Practical Strategies for Academic Library Managers: Leading with Vision Through All Levels: Leading with Vision through All Levels

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781610698900
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/10/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 168
File size: 482 KB

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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

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