Creating the Agile Library A Management Guide for Librarians

Subjects:

• Library & Information Science » Management & Administration -- General
• Library & Information Science » Management & Administration -- General

Reviews:

• The editors succeed in making us think about our libraries becoming proactive and vital organizations that are an integral part of acedemic life...The strenth of this volume is that it reminds us that we need to concentrate on our users...This book is both interesting and timely. It not only deals with issues we are now facing in academic libraries, but it also provides valuable insights on how we should design and evaluate the services we provide to our users.
  —Reference & User Services Quarterly
• Creating the Agile Library is a concise and readable management guide for library administrators. I recommend Creating the Agile Library for all academic librarians.
  —Information Today http://www.infotoday.com
• Creating the Agile Library deserves first place in the professional literature of academic librarianship. It has value both in theoretical and practical implications for management and technology, and would be an asset to information studies educators as well as interdisciplinary scholars. The selection is an uplifting one and defines the challenges of today's academic libraries in a holistic and "liberating" manner.
  —Asian Libraries

Table of Contents:

• Preface by W. Bede Mitchell
• Introduction
• The Agile Organization: A "Better Mousetrap" for Libraries by Fred Heath
• Managing Change by Rebecca R. Martin
• The Technologically Agile Library by T. J. Lusher
• The Agile Technology Manager: Adapting New Technologies to Connect People With Information by Clifton Dale Foster and Steven J. Bell
• Outcome Measures For the Emerging Virtual Library by Thomas A. Peters
• Users: Their Impact on Planning the Agile Library by Lorraine J. Haricombe
• Marketing the Library Today to Meet the Challenges of Tomorrow by Darlene E. Weingand
• Selected Bibliography
• Index