Library and Information Center Management

• Main Authors: Moran, Barbara B. (Author), Morner, Claudia J. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Santa Barbara, California Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO 2018
• Edition: Ninth Edition
• Series: Library and information science text series
• Subjects: Library Administration; Library Administration > United States; Information Services > Management; Information services > Management > United States
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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 moti...

Table of Contents:

• Section 1. Introduction
• Managing in today's libraries
• The evolution of management thought
• Change : the innovative process
• Section 2. Planning
• Strategic planning, decision making and policy
• Planning and maintaining library facilities
• Marketing information services
• Section 3. Organizing
• Organizations and organizational culture
• The fundamentals of organization : specialization and coordination
• Designing adaptive organizational structures
• Section 4. Human resources
• Staffing the library
• The human resources functions in the library
• Other issues in human resource management
• Section 5. Leading
• Motivation in the workplace
• Organizational leadership
• Professional ethics
• Organizational communication
• Empowering employees through the use of teams
• Section 6. Coordinating
• Evaluating organizational performance
• Library finance and budgets
• Library fundraising (development) and grant writing
• Section 7. Managing in the 21st century
• Managers : the next generation.