Library management for the digital age : a new paradigm / Julie Todaro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Todaro, Julie, 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library administration.

Library administration--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 362 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]

Summary:

This revolutionary introduction to library management is the first conceived in and written for a digital age. Julie Todaro, one of America's leading management experts, posits a new paradigm for planning, administering, and assessing library services. She explains each facet of administering both "old" (physical) and "new" (virtual) libraries. Library Management for the Digital Age covers -hierarchies, -policies, -communication, -working relationships, -facilities, -human resources, -settings, -customer services, -budgeting, -emergency management, -appendixes including model positions descriptions, interview questions, evaluation forms, and other necessary management tools. Each chapter concludes with an illustration of the old-to-new paradigm shift in that particular aspect of management as well as concise case studies that illustrate the real-world nature of the shift and discussion questions to facilitate active learning. A platinum-quality editorial board comprised of both LIS faculty and expert library managers has reviewed this book in order to ensure authority.

Contents:

Classic management vs. new management

Preparing and maintaining the new manager

"Managing" new employees/staff/human resources/stakeholders

New management of change

New managers designing new organizations

Management infrastructure documents in new organizations

Managing new services and resources

Managing those outside the "sphere"

New management "in action" communication

New managers within classic and new organizations

New managers in classic and new facilities and environments

New "landscapes" for library and information settings

Managing the balance to meet new constituent/customer expectations

Accountability, measurement, and assessment in new management

New budgeting with (mostly) classic budgeting issues

Emergency management roles and responsibilities of new managers

Case 1. A difficult path of moving up and out

Case 2. Building your own management training program

Case 3. rumor has it

Case 4. Do you have any change on you?

Case 5. Racking up the library pool table

Case 6. Manuals, handbooks, policies, procedures, budgets, minutes and plans, oh my!

Case 7. What's old is new : if the money is there

Case 8. But enough about me, what do YOU think about me?

Case 9. Suffering from past mistakes

Case 10. What you don't know can hurt you

Case 11. A fixer upper

Case 12. Penny's partners proliferate due to punctual, prioritized, and positive planning

Case 13. Keeping up with the "Joneses"

Case 14. Torture the data

Case 15. Matching data to data requests

Case 16. Building tomorrow's future on today's expertise

Appendix A. Annotated master list of "indispensable" resources

Appendix B. Examples of paradigms

Appendix c. Additional paradigm shifts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1442230150

9781442230699

144223069X

9781442230156

OCLC:

869527280

Publisher Number:

99959324712