Mistakes in Academic Library Management
Grievous Errors and How to Avoid Them- Editors:
- Publisher:
- 2009
Summary
Mistakes in Academic Library Management: Grievous Errors and How to Avoid Them addresses the most common library management issues, examining mistakes that anyone in a library management position could make, coupled with suggestions for how the issue could be better handled or avoided. The result is the recognition and formation of tools to aid developing managers in identifying potential pitfalls.
Jack E. Fritts Jr. addresses a range of management issues, including campus politics, communication, information technology, staff, and planning. There is also a chapter that addresses library management from the perspective of a chief academic officer. All those in library management positions, or who aspire to library management positions, will profit from the discussions of common but potentially severe mistakes in library management presented in this book.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2009
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-8108-6744-4
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-8108-6745-1
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 132
- Product type
- Edited Book
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Introduction No access
- Chapter 01: Keeping Your Library on the Right (Correct) Side of Campus Politics No access Pages 1 - 10
- Chapter 02: Communication No access Pages 11 - 18
- Chapter 03: Effective Project Management No access Pages 19 - 30
- Chapter 04: Staffing for Success No access Pages 31 - 38
- Chapter 05: Corporate Culture, Knowledge Management, and Libraries No access Pages 39 - 48
- Chapter 06: Knowing the Library User No access Pages 49 - 70
- Chapter 07: Developing Power and Influence as a Library Manager No access Pages 71 - 82
- Chapter 08: Change Management and Risk Taking No access Pages 83 - 94
- Chapter 09: Program Planning and Evaluation No access Pages 95 - 104
- Chapter 10: Moving into Leadership No access Pages 105 - 118
- Index No access Pages 119 - 126
- About the Editor No access Pages 127 - 128
- About the Contributors No access Pages 129 - 132





