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Description:The recipient of rave reviews from far and wide (Journal of Hospital Librarianship deemed it a librarian's dream ... very forward-thinking), since its initial publication this text has served as an essential resource for both LIS students and practitioners. The new fourth edition offers an updated, comprehensive examination of the myriad basic skills effective library managers must exercise throughout their careers. Throughout, Evans and new co-author Greenwell pay close attention to management in new normal straitened economic conditions and the pervasive impact of technology on a library manager's role. This book's coverage includesa new focus on how being in the public/nonprofit sector influences the application of management basics such as planning, accountability, trust and delegation, decision making, principles of effective organizational communication, fostering change and innovation, quality control, and marketing;the managerial environment, organizational skill sets, the importance of a people-friendly organization, and legal issues;key points on leadership, team-building, and human resource management;budget, resource, and technology management;management ethics, with a lengthy discussion of why ethics matter; andtips for planning a library career, with a look at the work/life debate.This book, to quote Australian Library Journal, is "a recommended text for library science students, but is also an excellent source of information for career librarians wanting to refresh their knowledge of library management in a fast-moving information services environment."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Management Basics for Information Professionals. To get started finding Management Basics for Information Professionals, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 352

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: ALA Neal-Schuman

Release: 2020

ISBN: 0838946356

Description: The recipient of rave reviews from far and wide (Journal of Hospital Librarianship deemed it a librarian's dream ... very forward-thinking), since its initial publication this text has served as an essential resource for both LIS students and practitioners. The new fourth edition offers an updated, comprehensive examination of the myriad basic skills effective library managers must exercise throughout their careers. Throughout, Evans and new co-author Greenwell pay close attention to management in new normal straitened economic conditions and the pervasive impact of technology on a library manager's role. This book's coverage includesa new focus on how being in the public/nonprofit sector influences the application of management basics such as planning, accountability, trust and delegation, decision making, principles of effective organizational communication, fostering change and innovation, quality control, and marketing;the managerial environment, organizational skill sets, the importance of a people-friendly organization, and legal issues;key points on leadership, team-building, and human resource management;budget, resource, and technology management;management ethics, with a lengthy discussion of why ethics matter; andtips for planning a library career, with a look at the work/life debate.This book, to quote Australian Library Journal, is "a recommended text for library science students, but is also an excellent source of information for career librarians wanting to refresh their knowledge of library management in a fast-moving information services environment."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Management Basics for Information Professionals. To get started finding Management Basics for Information Professionals, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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