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The Challenge of Library Management: Leading with Emotional Engagement
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vanDuinkerken, Wyoma; Mosley, Pixey Anne – ALA Editions, 2011
Change is inevitable and essential to any functioning institution. But change can be stressful, especially when it upsets established routines and patterns. Library managers need to be able to lead staff through episodes of change while remaining empathetic, and this book shows them how to: (1) Engage library staff in the process and encourage…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Library Administration, Affective Behavior, Motivation Techniques
Ten Ways To Gain Management Support for Key Projects (Or, All I Need To Know To Manipulate Management I Learned as a Teenager).
Stear, Edward B. – Online, 1997
Presents methods to gain management support for information resource center projects. Topics include: expressing expected results; and understanding the project in terms of business and organizational objectives, competitors' actions, internal needs, external conditions, customer needs, vendor support, and colleagues' experiences. (LRW)
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Business Administration, Competition, Corporate Libraries
The Joys of Law Library Management Are without Number.
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Parrish, Jenni – Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 1986
Discusses principles of law library management and presents three problem solving exercises for law librarianship training. American Bar Association standards for law school libraries are presented, with interpretations, and appendices provide a job description for an assistant law librarian and bylaws of the American Law Schools concerning…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Principles, Law Libraries, Law Schools
Customer Service: Another Side of TQM.
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Sirkin, Arlene Farber – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Focuses on the customer satisfaction element of Total Quality Management (TQM) in libraries, including definition of the terms customer and customer satisfaction, determining customer expectations, complaint systems, keeping customers, and empowerment of staff. Appendices list approaches libraries and other organizations have used to improve…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Library Administration, Library Services, Organizational Theories
Advice for First-Time Library Directors on Managing a Library.
Piccininni, James – Library Administration and Management, 1996
Provides insights from experienced managers that may be useful for newly appointed library managers or directors, and details the issues they will face as supervisors. Highlights include decision making and change; motivation and delegation; general observations about management, such as coping with stresses; clarification of goals; and ethics.…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrative Problems, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Tools for Measuring and Improving Performance.
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Jurow, Susan – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Explains the need for meaningful performance measures in libraries and the Total Quality Management (TQM) approach to data collection. Five tools representing different stages of a TQM inquiry are covered (i.e., the Shewhart Cycle, flowcharts, cause-and-effect diagrams, Pareto charts, and control charts), and benchmarking is addressed. (Contains…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Benchmarking, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
Creating Partnerships: Forging a Chain of Service Quality.
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Lynch, Richard; And Others – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Advocates the need for libraries to identify, nurture, and sustain new partnerships given rapid technological advancements and trends in information economics. Principles of partnerships are described, including Total Quality Management (TQM), negotiation, seamless connectivity, performance data, trust, patience, and perseverance; and steps in the…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Futures (of Society), Institutional Cooperation, Library Administration
TQM Training; The Library Service Challenge.
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Loney, Tim; Bellefontaine, Arnie – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Addresses training in the context of organizing and implementing a Total Quality Management (TQM) initiative. The customer service implications and relevant training or skill implications for the following phases are described: (1) exploration and commitment; (2) organizing for quality; (3) start up; and (4) expansion and integration. (Contains 18…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Library Administration, Library Services, Models
Implementing Total Quality Management: A Model for Research Libraries.
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Barnard, Susan B. – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Describes a model of Total Quality Management (TQM) developed by the Association of Research Libraries. The issues, elements and processes of a comprehensive TQM-based transition, including commitment by management, linkage to organizational strategic planning, organizational culture, understanding customers, and quality teams are covered.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Principles, Higher Education, Library Administration