Guide to Library and Information Agency Management
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- ISBN 9780810851153
- Weight: 417g
- Dimensions: 153 x 214mm
- Publication Date: 13 Oct 2005
- Publisher: Scarecrow Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This guide identifies major concerns and involves interested parties in thoughtful consideration and discussion of challenges and opportunities embedded in managerial and administrative practice. By talking about the management of information places and with managers and mangers-to-be, authors Curran and Miller provide a more thorough and realistic outlook on the managerial experience. The authors assert that:
· Information agencies of all stripes share a common purpose
· The act of deciding is the primary administrative/managerial responsibility
· Knowledge Management must replace mere acquisition, storage and dissemination
· The budget process is every bit as important as the budget document
· Interpersonal issues dominate
· Meetings soak up time
Tackling many issues that other management books won't touch (e.g. sex in the office place, cliques, emphasis on political behavior, specific mistakes that cripple managers, and managing contradictions and paradoxes), this book is an excellent resource for all administrators.
Charles Curran has taught management and collection development at the School of Library and Information Science, Unversity of South Carolina. He has served elected and appointed offices in ALA and the Association for Library and Information Science Education, most recently as president of the latter.
Lewis Miller is currently dean of libraries at Butler University in Indianapolis.
