Library and Information Center Management - 9th Edition by Barbara B Moran & Claudia J Morner (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>This essential, single-volume textbook supplies a comprehensive introduction to library management that addresses all the functions of management, specifically within the ever-evolving modern library environment.</p><p><br/>Strategic planning. Facilities management. Leadership, ethics, communication, and motivation. Human resources and staffing. Change, library development, and innovation. Marketing. Measurement and evaluation. Fiscal responsibility and control. These are just some of the wide range of responsibilities and necessary skills of contemporary library managers--not all of which are typically covered in detail in LIS educational programs.</p><p></p><p>Now updated and expanded for its ninth edition, Libraries Unlimited's <i>Library and Information Center Management</i> is the core management text for library information science programs. This latest text adds new information on grant writing as well as more about budgets, marketing, financial management, assessment, and evidence-based management. The authors include various real-world examples from international settings to help readers understand and conceptualize the place of the library and information center in our global world. Each chapter ends with two helpful sections that present numerous examples and opportunities to apply newly gained information: Practice Your Skills and Discussion Questions.</p><p><br/><ul></p><p><li>The latest edition of a best-selling core management text--now in its ninth edition--covering all the management functions of libraries and information centers</li></p><p><li>Supplies new discussion topics, examples of management challenges, and case studies</li></p><p><li>Provides a global perspective on library management</li></p><p><li>Contains new discussion topics and case studies and offers supplementary online materials</li></p><p><li>Includes Chapter Takeaways, a list of topics that the reader should understand after reading the chapter; Management on the Job sections referencing a specific journal article that demonstrates the chapter topic; and Talk about It and Practice Your Skills segments that offer readers a chance to demonstrate what they are learning</li></p><p></ul></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Strategic planning. Facilities management. Leadership, ethics, communication, and motivation. Human resources and staffing. Change, library development, and innovation. Marketing. Measurement and evaluation. Fiscal responsibility and control. These are just some of the wide range of responsibilities and necessary skills of contemporary library managers--not all of which are typically covered in detail in LIS educational programs.</p><p></p><p>Now updated and expanded for its ninth edition, Libraries Unlimited's <i>Library and Information Center Management</i> is the core management text for library information science programs. This latest text adds new information on grant writing as well as more about budgets, marketing, financial management, assessment, and evidence-based management. The authors include various real-world examples from international settings to help readers understand and conceptualize the place of the library and information center in our global world. Each chapter ends with two helpful sections that present numerous examples and opportunities to apply newly gained information: Practice Your Skills and Discussion Questions.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>For those teaching or learning about leading and managing libraries, this book would be a valuable resource. . . . . [It] offers a wealth of information about being successful in leading and managing all types of libraries. . . . A valuable resource for a class or as a professional reference on leading and managing libraries. Recommended.</p><p></p>-- "<p><i>School Library Connection</i></p>"<br><br><p>It is essential to teach our future leaders not only to expect this rate of change, but also to master it whenever possible. <i>Library and Information Center Management</i>, now in its ninth edition, attempts to take on that teaching role. . . . Every chapter has been revised using feedback from users of previous editions.</p>-- "<p><i>Booklist Online</i></p>"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Barbara B. Moran</b>, PhD, was Louis Round Wilson Distinguished Professor at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she served as dean from 1990 to 1998.<br/><br/><b>Claudia J. Morner</b>, PhD, was dean/professor emerita at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.</p>
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