Library management tips that work /
Carol Smallwood, editor.
- Chicago : American Library Association, c2011.
- xv, 190 p. : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- ALA guides for the busy librarian .
- ALA guides for the busy librarian .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Beating the clock : adaptive management in a fluid environment / Creating manuals for job duties / How to manage serving students of generational poverty / How to protect your library from employment discrimination claims / Managing emergencies : what to do when basic or big disasters strike / Creating a staff accountability system / Planning ahead : time management in defining goals / Transforming an off-campus library from empty space to award winner in one year / When you're not (exactly) the boss : how to manage effectively in a 'coordinator' role / Communication and staff awareness in the branch library / ASSURE-ing your collection / Billy Club : a model for dealing with unreturned library materials / Collaboration for library collection acquisitions / Community partnerships : the key to providing programs in a recession / CVL leads : mentorship and leadership / How to manage a student-centric library service for nontraditional users / Managing overnight / Managing more than one school library with one FTE librarian / Management tips for merging multiple service points / SuperStarz : an experience in grant project management / Utilizing retired individuals as volunteers / Weeding as affective response, or "I just can't throw this out!" / Facebook for student assistants / Improving communication with blogs / Improving productivity with Google apps / Partnering with information technology at the reference desk : a model for success / Putting missing pieces from the collection together with SharePoint / Real-life management using virtual tools / Session control software for community users in an academic library / To friend or not to friend : the Facebook question / Why a wiki? How wikis help get work done / Millennials, Gen-X, Gen-Y, and boomers, oh my! Managing multiple generations in the library / Hiring and training graduate assistants for the academic library / Managing for emergencies : what to do before, during, and after disaster strikes / Managing librarians and staff with young children / Mentoring graduate assistants in the academic library / New employee orientation / Discrimination in employment : an overview for library managers / Obtaining compliance from underperforming employees : talking it through / Planning for change : ensuring staff commitment / Shadow and learn : knowing your staff / Staff shortages / No surprises : keeping your board in the loop / Board meetings that work / Library partners : cooperating with other nonprofits / Portraits in a small town : balancing access and privacy with a local history photography collection / Using numbers to make your case / Staying in the game : public relations on a shoestring / Geoffrey P. Timms -- Holly Flynn -- Kris Baughman and Rebecca Marcum Parker -- Michael A. Germano -- Sian Brannon and Kimberly Wells -- Terry Ann Lawler -- Geoffrey P. Timms -- Seamus Scanlon -- Kim Becnel -- Jason Kuhl -- Roxanne Myers Spencer and Barbara Fiehn -- Suzann Holland -- Lorette S. J. Weldon -- Ashanti White -- Robin Shader -- Seamus Scanlon -- Ken Johnson and Susan Jennings -- Kris Baughman and Rebecca Marcum Parker -- Colleen S. Harris -- Vera Gubnitskaia -- Ashanti White -- Barbara Fiehn and Roxanne Myers Spencer -- Susan Jennings and Ken Johnson -- Alice B. Ruleman -- Suzann Holland -- Jeffrey A. Franks -- Lorette S. J. Weldon -- Vera Gubnitskaia -- Jeffrey A. Franks -- Kim Becnel -- Alice B. Ruleman -- Colleen S. Harris -- Erin O'Toole -- Sian Brannon and Kimberly Wells -- Holly Flynn -- Erin O'Toole -- Bradley Tolppanen and Janice Derr -- Michael A. Germano -- Terry Ann Lawler -- Jason Kuhl -- Robin Shader -- Bradely Tolppanen and Janice Derr -- Lynn Hawkins -- James B. Casey -- John Helling -- John Helling -- James B. Casey -- Lynn Hawkins.