Management Basics For Information Professionals
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Management Basics for Information Professionals, Third Edition
Author: G. Edward Evans
language: en
Publisher: American Library Association
Release Date: 2013-08-21
Reflecting the rapidly changing information services environment, the third edition of this bestselling title offers updates and a broader scope to make it an even more comprehensive introduction to library management. Addressing the basic skills good library managers must exercise throughout their careers, this edition includes a completely new chapter on management ethics. Evans and Alire also pay close attention to management in "new normal" straitened economic conditions and offer updates on technological topics like social media. Among the areas covered are The managerial environment, including organizational skill sets, the importance of a people-friendly organization, and legal issues Managerial skills such as planning, accountability, trust and delegation, decision making, principles of effective organizational communication, fostering change and innovation, quality control, and marketing Key points on leadership, team-building, and human resource management Budget, resource, and technology management Why ethics matter Tips for planning a library career, with a look at the work/life debate
Management Basics for Information Professionals
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.
Marketing Library and Information Services
Marketing of library services has now been recognised as an essential agenda item for almost all kinds of libraries all over the world. As the term "marketing" has different meanings for different colleagues, the bundling of dozens of contributions from a truly international group of librarians is presented in this book, provides a broad scala on the topic. Therefore this book offers a useful tool for both working librarians and future librarians to understand vital issues relating to marketing of library and information services at the local, national and international level. The book is divided into six sections: Marketing concept: a changing perspective; Marketing in libraries around the world; Role of library associations; Education, training and research; Excellence in marketing; Databases and other marketing literature.