Management Basics for Information Professionals

Since its initial publication this text has served as an essential resource for both LIS students and practitioners. Journal of Hospital Librarianship deemed it a librarians dream very forward-thinking. The new fourth edition offers an updated, comprehensive examination of the myriad of basic skills effective library managers must exercise throughout their careers. Throughout, G.Edward Evans and new co-author Stacey Greenwell pay close attention to management in new normal straitened economic conditions and the pervasive impact of technology on a library managers role. Coverage includes: a new focus on how being in the public/non-profit sector influences the application of management basics such as planning, accountability, trust and delegation, decision-making, principles of effective organizational communication, fostering change and innovation, quality control, and marketing the managerial environment, organizational skill sets, the importance of a people-friendly organization, and legal issues key points on leadership, team-building, and human resource management budget, resource, and technology management management ethics, with a lengthy discussion of why ethics matter and tips for planning a library career, with a look at the work/life debate. This book, to quote Australian Library Journal, is a recommended text for library science students, but is also an excellent source of information for career librarians wanting to refresh their knowledge of library management in a fast-moving information services environment.