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Library and Information Center Management Seventh Edition
Robert D. Stueart and Barbara B. Moran
ISBN: 1-59158-408-6
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-408-7
520 pages
Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 6/30/2007
List Price: $70.00 (UK Sterling Price: £48.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 7 x 10
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Description: The latest edition of this management classic sports a fresh new look to complement its updated content. It continues to cover all of the important functions involved in library management and development. New chapters on marketing, team building and ethics have been added; thought provoking mini-cases and other activities introduced or expanded; and more international materials referenced than ever before. A perennial favorite in the classroom, an invaluable reference source for information managers everywhere.
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
    Preface
    Acknowledgments
    The Website
    SECTION 1: Introduction
    Chapter 1: Managing in Today's Library and Information Centers
    Chapter 2: Evolution of Management Thought
    Chapter 3: Change--The Innovative Process
    SECTION 2: Planning
    Chapter 4: Planning Information Services and Systems
    Chapter 5: Strategic Planning--Thinking and Doing
    Chapter 6: Marketing Information Services
    SECTION 3: Organizing
    Chapter 7: Organizations and Organizational Culture
    Chapter 8: Structuring the Organization--Specialization and Coordination
    Chapter 9: Types of Formal Organizations--Today and in the Future
    SECTION 4: Human Resources
    Chapter 10: Staffing the Library
    Chapter 11: The Human Resources Functions in the Library
    Chapter 12: Other Issues in Human Resource Management
    SECTION 5: Leading
    Chapter 13: Motivation
    Chapter 14: Leadership
    Chapter 15: Ethics
    Chapter 16: Communication
    Chapter 17: Participative Management and the Use of Teams in Libraries
    SECTION 6: Coordinating
    Chapter 18: Measuring, Evaluating, and Coordinating Organziational Performance
    Chapter 19: Financial Responsibility and Control
    SECTION 7: Managing in the 21st Century
    Chapter 20: Managers: The Next Generation
    Index
About the Author: Robert D. Stueart is International Consultant on Strategic Planning for Information Services and for Educational Program Development in Information Management. He is Dean and Professor Emeritus, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College. He has received ALA's Melvil Dewey Medal, the OCLC-Humphrey's Award for International Librarianship, and the Beta Phi Mu Award.

Barbara B. Moran is Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
PDF Catalogs:
LU Textbook Catalog Fall 2007.pdf
LU Public Library Spring 2008.pdf
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LU Textbook Spring 2008.pdf
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