Practical Tips For Successful Library Management

by Leo Appleton

Overview

Today's library and information service managers need to be multi-skilled practitioners, demonstrating knowledge and understanding of multiple professional disciplines while working in operational and strategic managerial and leadership capacities. Managers need support in order to effectively work in such a diversity of professional environments and roles and this book draws on an international field and all types of library sector to support library managers in their management and leadership vocations. Practical Tips for Successful Library Management takes management theory and practice and places it within a library and information context so that readers can see how the practical tips provided can be applied in their own roles. You will find flexible tips and implementation advice on topics including: Leadership and self awareness Organisational awareness Project management Strategic and business planning Staying in touch with sector developments and innovations Time management Budget and people management Team working Quality assurance and performance measurement Liaison and communication Evaluation and responsiveness Career planning and work-life balance. As part of the Practical Tips for Library and Information Professionals series, this book offers innovative tips and tried-and-tested best practice to enable library and information managers to be excellent and effective managers. Readership: Anyone working as a library and information manager seeking a pragmatic and sensible approach to solving library management problems, and aspiring to be a successful library manager.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783300327
Publisher:	American Library Association
Publication date:	09/21/2026
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Leo Appleton is Director of Library Services at Goldsmiths, University of London and is a researcher for the Centre for Social Informatics at Edinburgh Napier University, where he is currently undertaking research in the value and impact of public libraries in the UK. He has worked in numerous leadership and management roles in universities and further education colleges throughout his career and is a fellow of CILIP, the Library and Information Assocation. Leo is the editor of CILIP’s Multimedia, Information and Technology journal, associate editor of the New Review of Academic Librarianship, and co-editor of UKSG eNews.

Table of Contents

1. Leadership and self awareness 2. Organisational awareness 3. Project management 4. Strategic and business planning 5. Staying in touch with sector developments and innovations 6. Time management 7. Budget and people management 8. Team working 9. Quality assurance 10. Liaison and communication 11. Evaluation and responsiveness 12. Career planning and work-life balance