How Libraries Make Tough Choices in Difficult Times (ePub)
Purposeful Abandonment
(Sprache: Englisch)
Contemporary library managers face the need to make difficult choices regarding resource allocation in the modern business environment. How Libraries Make Tough Choices in Difficult Times is a practical guide for library managers, offering techniques to...
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Contemporary library managers face the need to make difficult choices regarding resource allocation in the modern business environment. How Libraries Make Tough Choices in Difficult Times is a practical guide for library managers, offering techniques to analyze existing and potential services, implement best practices for maximizing existing resources, and utilize pressing financial scenarios in order to justify making difficult reallocation decisions. The book begins by asking the fundamental questions of why, what, and how, moving on to look at how to manage expectations and report to both administration and faculty. The book then considers the four 'D's of Do, Delegate, Delay and Drop, before covering project management, and how to understand the mission and objectives of your organisation. The book then focuses on: service quality improvement analyses; identifying underlying issues; reviewing resources; identifying best practice; managing feedback and expectations; and looking at decision making skills and implications.
- Introduces both philosophies and techniques for decision-making that will help inexperienced library managers
- Provides resources for a practical orientation to new Service Quality Improvement and Project Management approaches as library managers address a wide range of resource allocation considerations
- Written by a highly experienced practitioner in the field
Autoren-Porträt von David Stern
David Stern is the Associate Dean for Public Services at Milner Library, Illinois State University. David has degrees in Biological Sciences; History & Philosophy of Science; and Library Science, and was the founder and principal of Maximize Information. Previously Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources at Brown University, and Director of Science Libraries at Yale University, David taught library science graduate courses and serves as a consultant and advisor to a number of professional bodies. David served on the Board of Directors (2000-2003) and as the Chair of the Knowledge Management Division (2007-2008) of the Special Libraries Association (SLA), and as Editor of the journal Science and Technology Libraries from 2005-2007. His research interests include electronic retrieval and transmission of data and the development of end-user search systems for both local and remote hosts. He is currently working on the development of standards and cost models for federated full-text search and retrieval systems. David has many articles, several chapters, two edited special issues of Science and Technology Libraries, and a book, Guide to Information Sources in the Physical Sciences, to his credit. He is a regular speaker at conferences.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David Stern
- 2013, 226 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
- ISBN-10: 178063367X
- ISBN-13: 9781780633671
- Erscheinungsdatum: 19.02.2013
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"...the content is straightforward and direct. There are many books written for managers and their organisations facing difficult and challenging times – this one is aimed directly at library managers and their staff and is certainly recommended to those currently working in the environment."--The Australian Library Journal,Vol. 63, No. 2, 2014Stern suggests that a more “transformational evaluation and redesign for library services may be called for – “abandoning less important operations even if they are traditionally associated with the library, and enhancing those that are the key sources of value to our users. …Stern's idea forces us to re-evaluate some of our most fundamental philosophies …and the pragmatic and practical advice highlights simple yet effective techniques. --Libfocus
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