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This is an incredibly useful book. For anyone who's ever had to manage organizational change of any kind, it should be considered axiomatic that people will react in wildly different ways. This book addresses one of the missing issues in discussions of technological change in libraries, which is finding the most effective ways to manage the unpredictable yet universal human reactions to that change. Courtney McAllister does an excellent job describing not only how change affects people, but also what to do about it. If you manage people, you know that you must manage their full range of emotions, while also guiding them through the various stages of acceptance. This book should help library managers navigate individual and group reactions to technology change both in theoretical and practical ways. -- Andrew Weiss, Digital Services Librarian, California State University, Northridge Courtney McAllister's book, Change Management for Library Technologists: A LITA Guide is a practical, must-read for every librarian who is managing change. Her insights and possible solutions can help organizations struggling with change, whether its existing upgrading technology, implementing new technology or projects, or modernizing the library. Her book will help project managers understand how to manage change with staff as part of any change. -- Diana Silveira, Author of Library Technology Planning for Today and Tomorrow Serving our communities in libraries requires continuous change and adaptation. Change Management for Library Technologists provides a road map for navigating the human side of creating change in libraries. Building buy in, communication, helping overcome resistance, it's all in here. Whether you directly manage technology or not, this book gives you the tools to cultivate a culture of change. -- Lauren Comito, Neighborhood Library Supervisor at Brooklyn Public Library

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Courtney McAllister is currently the electronic resources librarian at Yale University’s Lillian Goldman Law Library, where she oversees the lifecycle of e-resources and systems. In her previous positions at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina she was heavily involved with many change processes, from the launch of a makerspace to a building renovation project and subsequent library-wide reorganization of departments and services. McAllister holds a B.A. from the University of Mary Washington, an M.A. from the University of Warwick, and an M.L.I.S. from the University of South Carolina: Columbia. She has researched and presented on emerging technologies, change management, assessment culture, and systems thinking. She is the Associate Editor of The Serials Librarian.

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