The Library Staff Development Handbook

Mary Grace Flaherty

ISBN 10: 1442270365 / ISBN 13: 9781442270367

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, US, 2017

About this Item

The Library Staff Development Handbook: How to Maximize Your Library's Most Important Resource provides practical tips, suggestions for resources, and concrete examples for addressing the multiple and varied aspects of staff development. From crafting a job description to recruitment, hiring and retention, and from progressive discipline and succession planning to continuing education, performance appraisals, and the importance of workplace fun, this handbook can serve as a companion for managers, supervisors and library staff as they negotiate the challenging range of staffing issues and the opportunities they provide in the library setting.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Library Staff Development Handbook
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, US
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1442270365
• ISBN 13: 9781442270367
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 240 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Using examples, tips, suggestions for resources, samples, and anecdotes from a wide variety of library practitioners and settings, The Library Staff Development Handbook shows how to create an environment that nurtures individuals while encouraging staff opportunities in order to generate optimal institutional performance.

About the Author

Mary Grace Flaherty is an assistant professor in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received her PhD from Syracuse University and holds master’s degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland.