Library and Information Center Management
Price: $50.00
ISBN13: 9781591584063
ISBN10: 159158406X
Book code: LU406X
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Paperback
| 520 pages
Publication Date: 06/30/2007
Series: Library and Information Science Text Series
DESCRIPTION
The latest edition of this management classic sports a fresh new look to complement its updated content. It continues to cover all of the important functions involved in library management and development. New chapters on marketing, team building and ethics have been added; thought provoking mini-cases and other activities introduced or expanded; and more international materials referenced than ever before. A perennial favorite in the classroom, an invaluable reference source for information managers everywhere.
The latest edition of a management classic sports a new look!
CONTENTS
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Website
SECTION 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: Managing in Today's Library and Information Centers
Chapter 2: Evolution of Management Thought
Chapter 3: The Innovative Process
SECTION 2: Planning
Chapter 4: Planning Information Services and Systems
Chapter 5: Strategic Planning--Thinking and Doing
Chapter 6: Marketing Information Services
SECTION 3: Organizing
Chapter 7: Organizations and Organizational Culture
Chapter 8: Structuring the Organization--Specialization and Coordination
Chapter 9: Types of Formal Organizations--Today and in the Future
SECTION 4: Human Resources
Chapter 10: Staffing the Library
Chapter 11: The Human Resources Functions in the Library
Chapter 12: Other Issues in Human Resource Management
SECTION 5: Leading
Chapter 13: Motivation
Chapter 14: Leadership
Chapter 15: Ethics
Chapter 16: Communication
Participative Management and the Use of Teams in Libraries
SECTION 6: Coordinating
Chapter 18: Measuring, Evaluating, and Coordinating Organization Performance
Chapter 19: Financial Responsibility and Control
SECTION 7: Managing in the 21st Century
Chapter 20: Managers: The Next Generation
Index