The Associate University Librarian Handbook: A Resource Guide

by Bradford Lee Eden (Editor)

Overview

The associate university librarian is tasked with running the various services and workflows of academic research libraries, allowing the head university librarian to focus on the acquisition of resources through fundraising and external public relations. Although the positions of assistant or associate university librarians and deans are considered a training ground for upward movement in the profession, there are surprisingly few mentoring experiences available. The Associate University Librarian Handbook: A Resource Guide looks to change that.

Bradford Lee Eden has brought together a variety of helpful topics for university librarians. The first section provides a broad overview of the field and what it means to be an associate librarian. A section on managing change, a topic endemic to the academic library in these times, follows. The next section deals with the question of funding the library enterprise and managing resources, with chapters on how best to handle budget reductions, cultivating donors and donor relations, and managing a research function. The fourth section covers career management, and includes chapters on navigating the transition to university librarian. A concluding section deals with leadership and defining the future. Intended for both those in the position of associate university librarian and for those aspiring to get there, The Associate University Librarian Handbook will be a valuable tool and guide.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810883819
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/10/2012
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Bradford Lee Eden is Dean of Library Services at Valparaiso University. He is editor of the journals OCLC Systems & Services: Digital Library Perspectives International and The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances, and he is on the editorial boards of Library Hi Tech and The Journal of Film Music. Eden is the editor of Content Management Systems for Libraries: Case Studies (Scarecrow, 2008).

Table of Contents

Introduction Bradford Lee Eden   1. What is an Associate University Librarian Martha Hruska   Managing change 2. The first four years: what I walked into and where I am now Jane Schillie 3. Everything flows negotiating change in the 21st century library Mildred L. Jackson   Funding the library enterprise/ Managing Resources 4. Climb on down from that tree and help me turn loose of this here wildcat: the art of letting go Donald Barclay 5. Networking with benefits: how to cultivate donor relations and get the most out of fundraising Shakeela Begum 6. Dealing with budget reductions Marianne Afifi, Elizabeth Housewright, and Mark Stover 7. Sometimes the news is good Sandra Barstow 8. AUL for Research: libraries and the business of doing research D. Scott Brandt   Managing your career 9. Lead like you really mean it: making your AUL leadership count Susan Parker 10. Moving up: positioning for director roles in academic libraries Julie Garrison, Marianne Ryan, and Kathleen DeLong 11. Making the transition from AUL to line librarian Sandra Barstow   AULs and Leadership 12. Next generation AULs: regenerating academic library leadership Susan Parker 13. AULs and ethics in the workplace Susan Parker   Contributors

Editorial Reviews

Geared for current and future associate university librarians and deans, the work fills a gap in the literature for handbooks and sourcebooks for this specific position. Beginning with an introductory section that introduces the book as a whole and defines the Associate University Librarian, the work next presents two case studies on managing change as an associate university librarian, followed by five chapters on funding the library enterprise and managing resources. The fourth section presents three chapters on managing your career and development, while the fifth provides two chapters for the associate university librarian taking on an interim leadership role. This work is of use for practicing librarians in academic environments who are looking to move up to a higher position, and for those already working as associate university librarians.

American Reference Books Annual

Geared for current and future associate university librarians and deans, the work fills a gap in the literature for handbooks and sourcebooks for this specific position. Beginning with an introductory section that introduces the book as a whole and defines the Associate University Librarian, the work next presents two case studies on managing change as an associate university librarian, followed by five chapters on funding the library enterprise and managing resources. The fourth section presents three chapters on managing your career and development, while the fifth provides two chapters for the associate university librarian taking on an interim leadership role. This work is of use for practicing librarians in academic environments who are looking to move up to a higher position, and for those already working as associate university librarians.

American Reference Books Annual (ARBA)