Small Libraries: A Handbook for Successful Management - Hardcover

Reed, Sally Gardner

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0899505961 ISBN 13: 9780899505961

Publisher: McFarland Publishing, 1656

Synopsis

This fully revised and updated edition provides current information on automation and technology and on advocacy to help small public libraries strive to make available the same basic services as larger libraries. This book is written for the directors of these honest-to-goodness small libraries, providing both a philosophical as well as a common sense basis for decision making. Appendices provide sample documents for a library's Statement of Purpose, worksheets for job descriptions and personnel policies, a volunteer application form, ALA documents (Library Bill of Rights and Code of Ethics), a list of discount book dealers, and a sample meeting room policy.

About this title

About the Author

Sally Gardner Reed, executive director of United for Libraries, lives in the greater Philadelphia area.

From Booklist

Written for the public library, the second edition of Small Libraries has been revised and updated with a blueprint for automation, technology, and advocacy. Topics such as politics, personnel, collection, physical building, and service are important for the small library as it tries to serve its community in many of the same ways as the larger library system. Appendixes include excellent examples of worksheets and samples of documents that pertain to the topics discussed. Reed, executive director of Friends of Libraries U.S.A. (FOLUSA), has written a gem for the small- library director who wants practical twenty-first century ideas. Marilyn Long
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Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland Publishing
• Publication date: 1656
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0899505961
• ISBN 13: 9780899505961
• Binding: Hardcover