Academic Library Management: Case Studies

What does successful academic library management look like in the real world A team of editors, all administrators at large research libraries, here present a selection of case studies which dive deeply into the subject to answer that question. Featuring contributions from a range of practicing academic library managers, this book spotlights case studies equally useful for LIS students and current managers;touches upon such key issues as human resource planning, public relations, financial management, organizational culture, and ethics and confidentiality;examines how to manage radical change, using project management methodology to reorganize technical services, creating a new liaison service model, advancing a collaborative future, and setting up on-the-spot mentoring;discusses digital planning for archives and special collections;rejects one size fits all solutions to common challenges in academic libraries in favor of creative problem solving; andprovides guidance on how to use case studies as effective models for positive change at ones own institution.LIS instructors, students, and academic library practitioners will all find enrichment from this selection of case studies.

Tammy Nickelson Dearie currently serves as Interim University Librarian at the University of California San Diego where she is leading advances in digital innovation and preservation efforts, and is a proponent of copyright protection in the digital age. The library's Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Community Building Committee, and Environmental Sustainability Committee are part of her portfolio. She has served on numerous committees at the national level and system-wide within the University of California. She is a member of the editorial boards for the Journal of Access Services and the Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery and Electronic Reserve. Ms. Dearie earned her master of library and information science degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and her bachelor of arts in history with a minor in women's studies from the University of California, San Diego.

Michael Meth is the associate dean, Research and Learning Services at the Florida State University (FSU) Libraries. Michael's portfolio includes responsibility for the Learning Commons (undergraduate services), Scholars Commons (graduate and faculty services), and STEM Libraries as well as the Assessment and Engagement units of the University Libraries. Prior to his current role at FSU, Michael was the director of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) Library at the University of Toronto (UofT). Michael has taught at UofT s iSchool and in the Department of Management at UofT Mississauga. Prior to this appointment at OISE, Michael was the director of the Li Koon Chun Finance Learning Centre at the UofT Mississauga Library. He has a master of information studies degree from the Faculty of Information Studies (UofT) and a bachelor of business administration degree from the Schulich School of Business (York University). Michael is an active member of the library and university communities, having served in leadership roles with the UofT iSchool Alumni Association and the Special Libraries Association (SLA). In 2014, Michael was selected as a Senior Fellow at UCLA s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, and in 2013 he participated in Harvard s Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians.

Elaine L. Westbrooks is associate university librarian for Research for the University of Michigan Library. She provides support for the research enterprise's short- and long-term objectives as well as operational leadership to subject specialists who represent the arts and humanities, social sciences, international studies, and science and engineering. Elaine's previous positions include associate dean of Libraries at the University of Nebraska Lincoln and head of Metadata Services at Cornell University. She is the coeditor of Metadata in Practice (2004). She has presented her research at various conferences, including the American Library Association, the Coalition for Networked Information, Dublin Core, and the Library and Information Technology Association. Because of her efforts to build strategic partnerships across borders, Elaine was the recipient of the Foreign Expert Award from Fudan University in Shanghai, China, in 2015. In 2005 she received the Chancellor s Award for Excellence in Librarianship from the State University of New York. In 2014 Elaine was a Senior Fellow at UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. She has a BA in linguistics and an MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh.