There's no shortage of library management books out there but how many of them actually tackle the little details of day-to-day management, the hard-to-categorise things that slip through the cracks of a larger handbook? Library Management Tips that Work does exactly that, addressing dozens of such issues facing library managers.
There's no shortage of library management books out there--but how many of them actually tackle the little details of day-to-day management, the hard-to-categorize minutiae that slip through the cracks of a larger handbook? Library Management Tips that Work does exactly that, answering numerous questions library managers may never have thought to ask, such as
* How create a job manual, and keep staff accountable
* Keeping your library board in the loop
* Using numbers to make your case
* Dealing with unreturned library materials
* Methods for managing multiple libraries with one FTE librarian
* Retaining services despite budget cuts and staff shortagse
* Public relations on a shoestring
Written by contributors from across the field, this eclectic guide offers best practices suitable for managers in all types of libraries.