Library staffing for the future / edited by Samantha Schmehl Hines, Marcy Simons.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hines, Samantha (Samantha Schmehl)

Simons, Marcy.

Series:

Advances in library administration and organization ; 0732-0671 Volume 34

Advances in library administration and organization ; Volume 34 0732-0671

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library administration.

Library personnel management.

Library employees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald, 2015.

Summary:

The latest volume of Advances in library administration and organization, contains approaches from researchers around the world. Sourced in management theory and hands-on practice, the chapters explore such issues as skills-building and other professional development activities, changing demographic profiles of staff, changing modes of resource provision, succession planning, remote work, and planning for Linked Data. New approaches to student staffing are examined, along with the relationship of library work to topics such as emotional intelligence and positive organizational behavior. Several chapters put forth research and case study information regarding methods for dealing with large-scale changes in library staffing with regard to budget, space, and mode of information delivery. The work as a whole addresses sustainability issues in library staffing both regarding the day-to day work of libraries and in planning for the future. Library staffing for the future provides the reader with a thorough look at relevant staffing issues for libraries today and going forward, and provides advice and information grounded in the theoretical as well as the practical.

Contents:

The potential impact of positive organizational behavior on the library working environment : an introduction for library administrators / Elizabeth Baker

The emotionally intelligent mentor / Michael A. Crumpton

The future of library staffing : relationships are essential / Richard J. Moniz

Staffing for the future with the staff you have right now / Jennifer L. Dean

"No one gets left behind" : managing library human resources during dramatic shifts in academic libraries / Corey Seeman

Small branch management in academic libraries / Michiel Erik Moll, Anna Petronella Coreejes-Brink

Unlocking capacity as academic libraries transition from print to digital / Mark Dahl

Theoretical and applied approaches to remote work for academic reference and instruction librarians / Daniel Hickey, Neely Tang

The shifting roles of student workers / Sonnet Ireland, Jennifer Jackson

Empowering students and expanding services : sustainable staffing at the Sonoma State University Library / Nicole Lawson, Megan Kinney

Planning for linked data : recruitment, training, and workflow design for resource description and metadata management / Allison Jai O'Dell

A changing profile of librarians in the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) / Marianne Sorensen, Kathleen De Long

Sustaining library staff of the future : emerging requirements / Ucha I. Mbofung

Succession planning in academic libraries : a reconsideration / William H. Weare.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781785604980

1785604988