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How libraries make tough choices in difficult times [electronic resource]:purposeful abandonment /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
杜威分類號:	025.1
書名/作者:	How libraries make tough choices in difficult times : purposeful abandonment // David Stern.
作者:	Stern, David,
出版者:	Oxford : : Chandos Publishing,, 2013.
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (xvi, 210 pages) : : illustrations.
標題:	Library administration.
ISBN:	9781780633671 (ebook.)
ISBN:	9781843347019 (pbk.)
書目註:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
內容註:	Considered and effective leadership -- Preparing for analysis -- A few important analysis techniques -- Understanding and utilizing data and statistical reports -- Environmental scans and the power of best practices -- Key management skills that contribute to organizational leadership and direction -- Conclusion: the most important D: do.
摘要、提要註:	Contemporary library managers face the need to make difficult choices regarding resource allocation in the modern business environment. How Libraries Make Tough Choices in Difficult Times is a practical guide for library managers, offering techniques to analyze existing and potential services, implement best practices for maximizing existing resources, and utilize pressing financial scenarios in order to justify making difficult reallocation decisions. The book begins by asking the fundamental questions of why, what, and how, moving on to look at how to manage expectations and report to both administration and faculty. The book then considers the four 'D's of Do, Delegate, Delay and Drop, before covering project management, and how to understand the mission and objectives of your organisation. The book then focuses on: service quality improvement analyses; identifying underlying issues; reviewing resources; identifying best practice; managing feedback and expectations; and looking at decision making skills and implications. Introduces both philosophies and techniques for decision-making that will help inexperienced library managersProvides resources for a practical orientation to new Service Quality Improvement and Project Management approaches as library managers address a wide range of resource allocation considerationsWritten by a highly experienced practitioner in the field.
電子資源:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781843347019

How libraries make tough choices in difficult times [electronic resource]:purposeful abandonment /
Stern, David,1956 December 30-

How libraries make tough choices in difficult times purposeful abandonment /[electronic resource]:David Stern. - Oxford :Chandos Publishing,2013. - 1 online resource (xvi, 210 pages) :illustrations. - Chandos information professional series.. - Chandos information professional series..

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Considered and effective leadership -- Preparing for analysis -- A few important analysis techniques -- Understanding and utilizing data and statistical reports -- Environmental scans and the power of best practices -- Key management skills that contribute to organizational leadership and direction -- Conclusion: the most important D: do.

Available to OhioLINK libraries.

Contemporary library managers face the need to make difficult choices regarding resource allocation in the modern business environment. How Libraries Make Tough Choices in Difficult Times is a practical guide for library managers, offering techniques to analyze existing and potential services, implement best practices for maximizing existing resources, and utilize pressing financial scenarios in order to justify making difficult reallocation decisions. The book begins by asking the fundamental questions of why, what, and how, moving on to look at how to manage expectations and report to both administration and faculty. The book then considers the four 'D's of Do, Delegate, Delay and Drop, before covering project management, and how to understand the mission and objectives of your organisation. The book then focuses on: service quality improvement analyses; identifying underlying issues; reviewing resources; identifying best practice; managing feedback and expectations; and looking at decision making skills and implications. Introduces both philosophies and techniques for decision-making that will help inexperienced library managersProvides resources for a practical orientation to new Service Quality Improvement and Project Management approaches as library managers address a wide range of resource allocation considerationsWritten by a highly experienced practitioner in the field.

ISBN: 9781780633671 (ebook.)

Source: 548919MILSubjects--Topical Terms:

388797
Library administration.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

336502
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: Z678 / .S74 2013eb

Dewey Class. No.: 025.1

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