Library Management Problems Today

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  • ISBN 9781538135938
  • Weight: 490g
  • Dimensions: 179 x 257mm
  • Publication Date: 25 Mar 2021
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Here’s the first comprehensive case studies in library management book to be published since 1981!
The book use case studies gleaned from TODAY’S library world to help students take analytical approaches to library problems.
Much research points to the fact that students are more inductive than deductive reasoners. Therefore, books like this which provide actual examples to explore and think about are far more useful than many of the existing texts which start with theory and basic principles. Case studies are often used in business, law, and medical schools. This book will facilitate instructors pushing want students to explore how what they have learned applies to real world situations.
Cases are organized in six sections that parallel basic library management functions:
PlanningOrganizingLeadingControllingStaffingCommunicatingEach section features case studies , each with the case description and three responses from library leaders from a wide variety of library types and sizes.
Library Management Problems Today: Case Studies will allow students to put themselves in the center of actual library problems and ask “What would I do?”

Wayne T. Disher is a retired public library director for the City of Hemet Public Library. He serves as a lecturer for the San Jose State University School of Information. Mr. Disher served as president of the California Library Association in 2012. He received his master of library and information science degree at San José State University in 1994, and worked at San José Public Library System for 22 years managing library branches and units. Disher is the author of several library science textbooks, has been recognized as a library trainer, and professional development speaker for library staff.