Hiring, Training, and Supervising Library Shelvers (ALA Guides for the Busy Librarian) - Softcover

Tunstall, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838910106 ISBN 13: 9780838910108

Publisher: ALA Editions, 2009

Synopsis

How do you find good library shelvers and keep them for more than a few months? Tunstall gives practical advice to help you do just that with a complete overview on how to hire, test, train, and retain shelvers. A complete toolkit, this book includes * Templates for signs advertising employment, screening tests, interview questions, employment letters, job descriptions, and employee assessments * The dos and don’ts of hiring and firing * Checklists for procedures and trainingEvery librarian will be able to hire, train, and supervise library shelvers with confidence with Tunstall’s down-to earth advice.

About this title

About the Author

Patricia Tunstall is an information assistant at Indian Trails Public Library in Wheeling, Illinois. She spends most of her time at the reference desk helping patrons with their questions and their leisure reading choices. She was first employed as a page at Indian Trails and subsequently as the supervisor of pages and shelving. Since receiving a teaching certificate from Nottingham University in England, she has held jobs in a variety of fields. She is an occasional contributor of articles to library publications.

Reviews

This entry in the ALA Guides for the Busy Librarian series focuses on the needs of any library worker who hires, trains, and manages pages. Like other titles in the series, it provides practical information, examples of questions, samples of procedures, and, in the appendix that completes the volume, forms and goals. Author Tunstall discusses performance assessment and working with other departments as well as basic recruitment and training. With a practical attitude toward the vital role of shelving, she provides options that have been tested in libraries, and the sections on hiring and firing do’s and don’ts offer information that can be applied in other work settings. This is an excellent manual for libraries, their shelving staff, and any person who supervises them. --Patricia Hogan

Edition details

• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838910106
• ISBN 13: 9780838910108
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 122