Managing the Small College Library (Libraries Unlimited Library Management Collection) - Softcover

Applegate, Rachel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1591589177 ISBN 13: 9781591589174

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, 2010

Synopsis

This book helps directors of small college libraries to plan, staff, and organize their facilities and make the right decisions to effectively contribute to their college's mission.

The purpose of this book is to provide the director of a small college library―typically defined as a facility managed by one to seven librarians―with information on every important managerial function specific to their facilities. This content will be much more useful for these library specialists than that of management books covering generic library management or targeted towards large academic settings.

Managing the Small College Library covers the key responsibilities of the small college library director: personnel, planning, budgeting, and serving key constituencies. The author draws upon her in-depth knowledge of bureaucratic, political, and human resources managerial theory to explain how librarians can advance the mission of their library. It also includes an in-depth discussion of tenure and academic status for librarians, and examines the effects of both public and religious affiliation.

About this title

About the Author

Rachel Applegate, MLS, PhD, is associate professor of library and information science at Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.

Reviews

Applegate, a longtime librarian and library educator, covers the key responsibilities of the small college library director. She highlights the topics of management, personnel, fiscal planning and budgeting, and supporting the core of the academic institution: teaching, researching, and providing service. Applegate uses her experiences in the bureaucratic and political arenas, as well as human-resources managerial theory, to explain how library leaders can advance the mission of their library. The lengthy personnel section, entitled “People and How They Fit Together,” is especially insightful and useful to managers at all levels. The detailed index provides many additional access points. This work will prove useful to directors of all kinds of small libraries. --Susan Awe

Edition details

• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1591589177
• ISBN 13: 9781591589174
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360