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Examine the nuts and bolts of successful management in today's rapidly evolving libraries!This book is an essential primer for new library managers and directors. In addition to providing an overview of the practical aspects of management, it is a vital reference tool for managing your library and its staff. The Practical Library Manager's informative text and comprehensive bibliographies of print and electronic resources can guide you to solutions to the issues that every fledgling library manager must deal with upon appointment.While there are many publications on library management, The Practical Library Manager is one of very few to focus on the practical issues of staffing and the importance of continuous staff training. Also, unlike other books on the subject, this book features a chapter that points you to relevant management texts originally written for the corporate world rather than the library profession.The Practical Library Manager is the perfect single source to help you:

understand the challenges of staffing your library and training your staff explore new technology's impact on library workers and evaluate training programs to help them keep up ensure that your staff has the core competencies they'll need in the current climate build a "virtual library" decide whether your library should join a consortium and much more!

In the words of the author: "Today, the most successful libraries in the country are those addressing the needs of both external and internal customers. However, it takes more than technology to change the working relationship between the institution and its customer. The guiding force for change must include a strong and respectful relationship between the library manager and staff. Much of what is written in this book can assist the fledgling manager in creating an environment of trust, teamwork, and respect."

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• Acknowledgments(p. ix)
• Introduction(p. 1)
• Chapter 1. The Challenge of Staffing(p. 5)
• Chapter 2. The Impact of Technology on the Library Manager(p. 13)
• Chapter 3. Building Core Competencies for Library Staff(p. 19)
• Chapter 4. Challenges and Opportunities for Planning and Implementing a Training Program for Library Staff(p. 29)
• Chapter 5. Creating and Implementing a Technology Training Program for Library Staff(p. 37)
• Chapter 6. Evaluating a Technology Training Program for Library Staff(p. 49)
• Chapter 7. Clicks and Bricks(p. 59)
• Chapter 8. The Challenge of the Virtual Library(p. 65)
• Chapter 9. The Library Consortium(p. 71)
• Chapter 10. Practical Library Development(p. 79)
• Chapter 11. A Dynamic Dozen: Management Classics for the Twenty-First Century Library Manager(p. 89)
• Appendix A. ALA-Accredited Library Schools(p. 97)
• Appendix B. Surveys(p. 123)
• Notes(p. 131)
• Bibliography: A Practical Resource for the Library Manager(p. 133)
• Index(p. 145)

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Library Journal Review

Adding to the growing library management genre, Massis (MLS, associate director, Southeast Florida Lib. Information Network) focuses on two concepts: employees are the library manager's most important asset, and the idea of "practical" should direct actions in today's climate of change. Instead of a broad-brushed theoretical management study, Massis's brief, useful primer is targeted primarily at those new to management. Concentrating on planning, implementing, and evaluating library staff training while embracing change, his chapters cover the challenge of staffing, the impact of technology on staffing, building core staff competencies, training library staff, providing technology training to staff, integrating the Internet inside the library, understanding the role of the virtual library, working with library consortia, and developing library donor networks. Especially helpful are the annotated listing of a dozen management "classics," such as Peter Drucker's The Frontiers of Management and Tom Peters's Thriving on Chaos, and the super bibliography of numerous web sites, books, and periodicals on management and its library applications. Massis's handy guide can also serve as supplemental reading for MLIS students. Recommended for all public libraries and MLIS programs.-Dale Farris, Groves, TX (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Providing a management tool that is practical in this time of change, the author covers the impact of technology, staff training and evaluation, product delivery and environment, the role of virtual libraries and library consortia, and new aspects of funding. The book also provides an annotated bibliography of management classics and a bibliography of print and electronic resources divided by category. For the new library director or manager or anyone who wishes to better understand the changing environment in which libraries function, this handbook will prove helpful and also form a basis for long-range development of the essential element, staff. -- RBB Copyright 2003 Booklist

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Bruce E. Massis, BS, MLS, MA, has served the library profession as a respected library manager for more than two decades. He presently serves as Associate Director of the Southeast Florida Library Information Network. Previously, he was the founding Director of the JGB Cassette Recording Library International, Division Manager of the Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library, and Director of the Hoboken Public Library. Mr. Massis has served in official positions within the International Federation of Library Associations and has been active in the American Library Association, the New York Library Association, the Long Island Library Association, the New Jersey Library Association, and the American Society for Training and Development