Management Basics for Information Professionals
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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
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G. Edward Evans is an administrator, researcher, teacher, and writer. He holds several graduate degrees in anthropology and library and information science. As a researcher he has published in both fields, and held a Fulbright (librarianship) and National Science Foundation (anthropology) Fellowship. His teaching experience has also been in both fields in the U.S. and the Nordic countries. Most of his administrative experience has been in private academic libraries--Harvard and Loyola Marymount Universities. He retired from full-time work as Associate Academic Vice president for Libraries and Information Resources. Author of numerous books, he consults for and volunteers at the Museum of Northern Arizona library and archives and Flagstaff City, Coconino Country Library System.
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Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
Cover
PART I. MANAGERIAL ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
What Is Management?
What Do Managers Do?
Organizational Skill Sets
Management Concepts
Your Future as a Manager
Key Points to Remember
References
Launching Pad
CHAPTER 2. OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
Formal Organizations
Nonprofit Organizations
Environment and the Organization
Environmental Scanning
Forecasting the Environment
Anti-environmental Views
Organizational Culture
People-Friendly Organizations
Key Points to Remember
References
Launching Pad
CHAPTER 3. LEGAL ISSUES AND LIBRARY MANAGEMENT
Establishing a Library
Libraries, Users, Safety, and the Law
Tort Law and Liability
Malpractice and Librarians
Library Services and the Law
User Privacy
Contracts and Licenses
Copyright
Documentation
Key Points to Remember
References
Launching Pad
Copyright Page
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
Cover
PART I. MANAGERIAL ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
What Is Management?
What Do Managers Do?
Organizational Skill Sets
Management Concepts
Your Future as a Manager
Key Points to Remember
References
Launching Pad
CHAPTER 2. OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
Formal Organizations
Nonprofit Organizations
Environment and the Organization
Environmental Scanning
Forecasting the Environment
Anti-environmental Views
Organizational Culture
People-Friendly Organizations
Key Points to Remember
References
Launching Pad
CHAPTER 3. LEGAL ISSUES AND LIBRARY MANAGEMENT
Establishing a Library
Libraries, Users, Safety, and the Law
Tort Law and Liability
Malpractice and Librarians
Library Services and the Law
User Privacy
Contracts and Licenses
Copyright
Documentation
Key Points to Remember
References
Launching Pad
