Crash Course in Library Supervision: Meeting the Key Players

by Shelley Elizabeth Mosley, Dennis C. Tucker

Overview

Taking a management position in a new library or being promoted to a higher position in your library means a new approach to interpersonal relations. How to make this transition can be a challenge. This book provides the information you need to learn so you can become an effective leader and to recognize and circumvent the legal pitfalls that you may find in your path. Written in reader-friendly language, two seasoned veterans share their experiences and the experiences of others in this introduction to managing people.

Managing a small library requires skills in working with personnel, the library board, patrons, and the key people in the community. Understanding these requirements will help the person with no formal education to be a more effective administrator in this setting.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591585640
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/30/2007
Series:	Crash Course
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.32(d)

About the Author

Dennis C. Tucker holds a PhD in Theological Studies from Foundation House, Oxford, an MLS from the University of Missouri, a MAT and a BS in Secondary Education from Southeast State University. He gained both school and public library experience before joining the staff at the Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority (INCOLSA) as a microcomputer specialist and manager of a 4-year grant to high school libraries in Indianapolis. He was Director of Libraries at Northwestern State University of Louisiana and Director of Learning Resources at Modesto Junior College. He is author of 10 books. He has conducted workshops throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Shelley Elizabeth Mosley holds a BS in Education from Grand Canyon University and an MLS from the University of Arizona. She is presently an adjunct faculty member at Glendale Community College, and has managerial experience in both public and school libraries. She is the author of Romance Today: An A-to-Z Guide to Contemporary American Romance Writers (Greenwood, 2006), The Suffragists in Literature for Youth: The Fight for the Vote (2006), and The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Ultimate Reading List (2007).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Settling In: Getting to Know You
Chapter 2: Getting to Know the Staff: Listen and Learn
Chapter 3: Managing Personnel: Tips to Make Your Life Easier
Chapter 4: Personnel Laws: You Can't Become Familiar with These Too Quickly or Too Soon!
Chapter 5: Hiring, Firing, and Other Good Stuff: It Happens Even if You're New!
Chapter 6: Friends and Volunteers
Chapter 7: "Managing" the Board: Who They Are, and How to Build and Maintain Consensus-A Tricky Tightrope
Chapter 8: Your Customers: Your Reason to Exist
Chapter 9: Key People in the Community-No Library is an Island
Chapter 10: Managing Change: Look before You Leap!
Glossary
Resources
Index

Editorial Reviews

Written for almost any librarian with a new job, this book is filled with practical advice for those starting that new postition, even if you are moving from one job to another. How do you meet people? Establish relationships? Understand the organization? Get your program underway? While they may have addresses some of these skills in library school, this book is a good refresher to get started on the right foot.” —Teacher Librarian

“[H]andy and readable primer for librarians new to supervision.” —Info Career Trends

“Chapters describe how a library might analyze its community as well as assess and evaluate its collection. Other chapters address collection development policies, statistics, budget, selection, acquisition, reviewing sources, the publishing industry, collection maintenance, mending and preserving, and promotion and marketing. The final chapter discusses complaints, challenges, and intellectual-freedom issues. There is no bibliography, but several helpful Web sites are mentioned in the text. Recommended for all public library collections.” —Booklist/Professional Reading

“Crash Course in Library Supervision is a useful, informative read for those new to supervision and those who have been supervising others for a while but may have forgotten some of the important details of administration in a library setting. I can imagine myself referring to this in years to come.” —Colorado Association of Libraries

“. . . aimed at the new public library director, but it is also filled with pertinent information for the new supervisor in any library setting. . . an easy-to-approach, concise guide to managing a library for the new supervisor. it is ideal for those seeking to brush up skills in this area or for others seeking an introduction to the topic. . .” —The Australian Library Jourbanal

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