Practical Strategies for Academic Library Managers - Leading with Vision through All Levels (Paperback)

Looking for tips on how to work towards your overall vision while remaining productive on the frontlines? The book gives you fresh ideas for balancing your managerial duties with day-to-day responsibilities in the academic library. A compilation of ideas from noted leaders in academic librarianship, this book explores a wealth of topics, including budgeting, human resources, facilities, collections, and IT. There is also helpful advice that will help you navigate emerging areas of librarianship, such as blended librarianship, cross-institutional collaboration, and marketing the library. You will learn how to manage, lead, and address specific library areas-all at once. Practical Strategies for Academic Library Managers: Leading with Vision through All Levels is ideal for current professionals with an expanded scope of responsibilities and those who have had administrative duties for some time, but are looking for new techniques for being a better manager. The book includes an introduction written by the editors, who are both associate deans in university libraries. Each chapter is written by a different expert in the field, providing a rich array of approaches and perspectives. Presents the first approach to managing, leading, and practicing simultaneously Incorporates chapters written by 10 different experts from organizations across the country Addresses the need for professionals with expanding management roles to engage higher administration Includes a foreword written by a former ALA president

General

Imprint:	Libraries Unlimited
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2015
Editors:	Frances C. Wilkinson • Rebecca L. Lubas
Dimensions:	251 x 175 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	168
ISBN-13:	978-1-61069-889-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > Library & information services Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > General
LSN:	1-61069-889-4
Barcode:	9781610698894

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