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Leading organizations in the 21st century has become more difficult and challenging than at any other time in management history. Students looking to absorb skills and experience that can help them find their way through this complexity will find Wayne Disher's unique text more than just a preparatory resource unlike most others. Disher's, Library Management Problems Today: Case Studies, utilizes interactive, library themed scenarios that support active learning strategies such as problem-based learning. Disher's scenarios are rooted in his immense knowledge of library science as both a past library director and a current university instructor. Readers will find that working through these timely, and thought-provoking storylines will help them apply their subject knowledge and problem solving skills in a safe, real-world context. It's not easy to find engaging instructional tools in management studies, but Disher seems to have created the definitive text. It will be useful for instructors and students in management for decades.--Jeff Sheppard, President/CEO, Ramona Humane Society Forty years after AJ Anderson's influential LIS management publication, a new generation of LIS students and information professionals will benefit from Disher's real-life case analyses of common and perplexing problems faced in 21st-century organizations. The engaging scenarios and resolutions offered by key library managers make this volume a must-have management compendium.--Susan W. Alman, PhD, San Jose State University School of Information

Forty years after AJ Anderson's influential LIS management publication, a new generation of LIS students and information professionals will benefit from Disher's real-life case analyses of common and perplexing problems faced in 21st-century organizations. The engaging scenarios and resolutions offered by key library managers make this volume a must-have management compendium.--Susan W. Alman, PhD, San Jose State University School of Information

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Wayne T. Disher is a retired public library director for the City of Hemet Public Library. He serves as a lecturer for the San Jose State University School of Information. Mr. Disher served as president of the California Library Association in 2012. He received his master of library and information science degree at San José State University in 1994, and worked at San José Public Library System for 22 years managing library branches and units. Disher is the author of several library science textbooks, has been recognized as a library trainer, and professional development speaker for library staff.

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