Overview

This essential, single-volume textbook supplies a comprehensive introduction to library management that addresses all the functions of management, specifically within the ever-evolving modern library environment. Strategic planning. Facilities management. Leadership, ethics, communication, and motivation. Human resources and staffing. Change, library development, and innovation. Marketing. Measurement and evaluation. Fiscal responsibility and control. These are just some of the wide range of responsibilities and necessary skills of contemporary library managers—not all of which are typically covered in detail in LIS educational programs. Now updated and expanded for its ninth edition, Libraries Unlimited's Library and Information Center Management is the core management text for library information science programs. This latest text adds new information on grant writing as well as more about budgets, marketing, financial management, assessment, and evidence-based management. The authors include various real-world examples from international settings to help readers understand and conceptualize the place of the library and information center in our global world. Each chapter ends with two helpful sections that present numerous examples and opportunities to apply newly gained information: ""Practice Your Skills"" and ""Discussion Questions.""

Full Product Details

Author:   Barbara B. Moran ,  Claudia J. Morner
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Libraries Unlimited Inc
Edition:   9th edition
Weight:   1.191kg
ISBN:  

9781440854477

ISBN 10:   1440854475
Pages:   568
Publication Date:   16 November 2017
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Section 1—Introduction 1 Managing in Today's Libraries 2 The Evolution of Management Thought 3 Change: The Innovative Process Section 2—Planning 4 Strategic Planning, Decision Making, and Policy 5 Planning and Maintaining Library Facilities 6 Marketing Information Services Section 3—Organizing 7 Organizations and Organizational Culture 8 The Fundamentals of Organization: Specialization and Coordination 9 Designing Adaptive Organizational Structures Section 4—Human Resources 10 Staffing the Library 11 The Human Resources Function in the Library 12 Other Issues in Human Resource Management Section 5—Leading 13 Motivation in the Workplace 14 Organizational Leadership 15 Professional Ethics 16 Organizational Communication 17 Empowering Employees through the Use of Teams Section 6—Coordinating 18 Evaluating Organizational Performance 19 Library Finance and Budgets 20 Library Fund-Raising (Development) and Grant Writing Section 7—Managing in the 21st Century 21 Managers: The Next Generation Index

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It is essential to teach our future leaders not only to expect this rate of change, but also to master it whenever possible. Library and Information Center Management, now in its ninth edition, attempts to take on that teaching role. . . . Every chapter has been revised using feedback from users of previous editions. * Booklist Online * For those teaching or learning about leading and managing libraries, this book would be a valuable resource. . . . . [It] offers a wealth of information about being successful in leading and managing all types of libraries. . . . A valuable resource for a class or as a professional reference on leading and managing libraries. Recommended. * School Library Connection *

It is essential to teach our future leaders not only to expect this rate of change, but also to master it whenever possible. Library and Information Center Management, now in its ninth edition, attempts to take on that teaching role. . . . Every chapter has been revised using feedback from users of previous editions. - Booklist Online

For those teaching or learning about leading and managing libraries, this book would be a valuable resource. . . . . [It] offers a wealth of information about being successful in leading and managing all types of libraries. . . . A valuable resource for a class or as a professional reference on leading and managing libraries. Recommended. - School Library Connection It is essential to teach our future leaders not only to expect this rate of change, but also to master it whenever possible. Library and Information Center Management, now in its ninth edition, attempts to take on that teaching role. . . . Every chapter has been revised using feedback from users of previous editions. - Booklist Online

It is essential to teach our future leaders not only to expect this rate of change, but also to master it whenever possible. Library and Information Center Management, now in its ninth edition, attempts to take on that teaching role. . . . Every chapter has been revised using feedback from users of previous editions. - Booklist Online For those teaching or learning about leading and managing libraries, this book would be a valuable resource. . . . . [It] offers a wealth of information about being successful in leading and managing all types of libraries. . . . A valuable resource for a class or as a professional reference on leading and managing libraries. Recommended. - School Library Connection

Author Information

Barbara B. Moran, PhD, was Louis Round Wilson Distinguished Professor at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she served as dean from 1990 to 1998. Claudia J. Morner, PhD, was dean/professor emerita at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

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