The accidental library manager /

"Most librarians enter the field intending to focus on a particular specialty, but eventually need to take on certain supervisory or managerial responsibilities in order to move forward. In The Accidental Library Manager, author Rachel Singer Gordon provides support and background for new manag...

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Main Author: Gordon, Rachel Singer
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Medford, N.J. : Information Today, ©2005.
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Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Becoming a library manager
  • Levels of management
  • Managing people : personnel issues
  • Managing people : managing different groups
  • Managing people : communication and leadership
  • What library staff want
  • Managing facilities and technology
  • Managing change
  • Managing money
  • Managing upward and outward
  • Theories of management
  • Philosophical, legal, and ethical issues
  • Where to go from here.