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Administration of the Small Public Library

Darlene E. Weingand

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What is our library's mission statement? How do we serve our older customers better? How do I justify the purchase of a new Internet workstation in my library? How many times should I call the plumber each year? These questions and more are discussed in the new edition of an old classic. Since the publication of its first edition in 1965, Administration of the Small Public Library has been a gold standard resource for setting up and managing cuttingedge small public library facilities. Completely revised and updated, this forth edition continues that tradition with many more figures, case studies and sample policies, and new content on grant writing, program budgeting, hiring, and creative compensation. While most libraries around the country are considered "small," operating with fewer resources than academic and large metropolitan libraries, their customers still expect to find a comparable level of service and access to information. This all-new edition outlines what to do to make your library a visible, well-funded player that keeps pace. Addressing every aspect of running a small library - from defining the community's characteristics and forming a board to planning a budget and networking with other libraries - this comprehensive reference will help you to: Embrace emerging technologies. Maintain funding by encouraging community involvement and addressing local needs. Identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats as you plan for the future. Adapt sample documents (including long-range plan, job descriptions, organizational charts, budget worksheets, policies, and construction plans) to your institution. Designed to help those 80% of libraries classified as "small," this completely updated edition is packed with how-to information on how to effectively manage a thriving small public library.

Managing Children's Services in the Public Library

Adele M. Fasick, Leslie E. Holt

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Managing Children's Services in the Public Library 4 out of 5 stars.
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I originally bought this as a text for a grad course and have kept this as near my desk as possible since. Fasick covers all aspects of managing library services for children in an easy-to-read, step-by-step format.

This book is useful to school media personnel as well as public librarians. A great reference for anyone who works with children in a public setting.

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Everything children's librarians need to know about running a department in the public library! Section I deals with planning services in the context of a community. Section II covers maintaining a productive work environment, recruiting and retaining staff, communicating with colleagues, annual reports, budgeting and fundraising, planning facilities, and keeping the department safe and secure. Section III focuses on collection development, electronic resources, intellectual freedom, and reaching out to the community through programs and special events, working with other youth service organizations, and marketing children's services. Section IV suggests ways in which children's librarians can participate in the larger professional community of librarians.

Libraries as Agencies of Culture (Print Culture History in Modern America)

Thomas Augst

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Libraries-public, school, and academic libraries-are ubiquitous cultural agencies. Yet how much do we know about the multiple ways that they serve and enrich our culture? These essays explore the role of the library in the life of the reader and the library as a place in the life of its users. Contributors are Thomas Augst, Ari Kelman, Elizabeth Jane Aikin, Ronald J. Zboray and Mary Saracino Zboray, Christine Pawley, Juris Dilevko and Lisa Gottlieb, Jean L. Preer, Jacalyn Eddy, Benjamin Hufbauer, and Emily B. Todd.

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Public Library Policy Writer: A Guidebook with Model Policies on CD-ROM

Jeanette C. Larson and Herman L. Totten

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Enhanced with a CD-ROM with examples 5 out of 5 stars.
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A public library, although purely nonprofit and benevolent, still must be dealt with like a business. "The Public Library Policy Writer: A Guidebook with Model Policies on CD-ROM" is a guidebook for those librarians to create solid policies to make their libraries run as harmoniously as possible. Covering each job that needs to be done to make a library successful, also covering summarizations, skills, experience, licensing, knowledge, and more, it covers what librarians need to know. Enhanced with a CD-ROM with examples, "The Public Library Policy Writer" is a strong choice for any library administrator.

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Library policy experts Jeanette Larson and Herman Totten return with this new guide addressing today's hot-button issues - the PATRIOT Act, fair labor standards, disaster planning, CIPA, virtual reference services, wireless networks - and the timeless topics that require official responses. In addition to explaining the importance of policies and the fundamentals of their creation, Larson and Totten analyze and offer model policies for over 65 crucial areas, including:Personnel and employment practices; Staff and patron conduct; Access to library materials, services, and facilities; Collection development, and Reference and information services The companion CD-ROM reproduces all of the policies, for easy replication or adaptation to your library.

Public Libraries Since 1945: The Impact of the McColvin Report

Philip Whiteman

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Public Libraries: An Economic View

Malcolm Getz

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Managing Today's Public Library: Blueprint for Change

Darlene E. Weingand

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Marketing concepts, such as product mix, line, and item, are brought into the context of public libraries. Focus is always on the library client as the author covers subjects from the public library mission, leadership, and technology to service priorities, staff development, and evaluation. This dynamic work treats the complex nature of public library service as an opportunity for excellence and diversity. It will serve as a primary source for public library personnel at all levels of management in libraries serving communities of varying sizes and structures.

Dealing With Difficult People in the Library

Mark R. Willis

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Dealing With Difficult People in the Library 5 out of 5 stars.
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Willis's book provides the library employee the means to improve customer relations. The book is broken down into three parts. Part one deals with several situations and solutions applicable to any library. Part two emphasizes improving communication; from effective listening skills to using empathy and "I" statements when assisting a problem patron. The third section deals with prevention. The author stresses how developing policies, training staff, and assessing individual cases for future awareness can benefit the library. Overall, this is a well-written resource that anyone from middle to upper management can read, digest and apply to their own library setting. The material is written in a clear and concise manner with practical situations and solutions. A final section at the end of the book includes sample policies and customer service language to assist libraries in creating a more friendly and helpful environment for the staff and patrons.

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This text offers practical strategies for managing problems posed by patrons and other staff. It is a hands-on guide to solving problems through communication, preventive measures and clear and concise patron behaviour policies. Strong communication skills are at the heart of resolving difficult situations and ensuring that simple encounters don't escalate into real problems. Recognizing the difference between a patron with a simple problem and a real security risk takes skill and understanding. Knowing how to deal with both situations effectively is the real challenge. This book provides the necessary communication skills and the ability to recognize which ones are needed to handle a wide variety of situations with patrons. By using simple communication and listening skills, the situation and outcome can be controlled.

Public Library Planning: Case Studies for Management (The Greenwood Library Management Collection)

Brett Sutton

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Public libraries must function in a time of limited funding, increasing technology, and shifting demographics and client needs. To fulfill their role, libraries must manage change through effective planning. This book analyzes case studies of planning at several representative libraries, illustrating how formal planning procedures are adapted to changing circumstances. The study is based primarily on interviews with staff members at each site, drawing wherever possible on their own words and on related documents and surveys. The heart of the book is a set of narrative descriptions of the planning process at various representative libraries. Additional chapters draw on this material to evaluate the planning process and its organization, the planning documents produced, the social aspects of planning, and the benefits of the process. The volume looks at how planning evolved at each site, the kinds of problems encountered and how they were solved, and the effects of planning on the organization. The book emphasizes the complexity of planning, the variety of perspectives held by staff members, and the relationship between planning and the library's local environment.

Adult Learners Welcome Here: A Handbook for Librarians and Literacy Teachers

Marguerite Crowley Weibel

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Adult Learners Welcome Here! is designed to help librarians connect new adult readers with books and to acquaint literacy teachers with materials generally available in their public library. Weibel outlines the library s role in fostering adult literacy and shows how popular library materials art and photography books, poetry, literature, non-fiction, and print and electronic reference sources can be used by librarians and teachers in new and innovative ways. She provides recommended titles (complete with bibliographic information, annotations, subject headings, and reading levels) and ready-to-use lessons that improve visual literacy, creativity, and even technological competency while building phonetic skills and comprehension. The recommendations and lessons can be used with all levels of adult learners and both native and non-native English speakers. There is guidance for improving instruction to adults and building literacy coalitions between libraries and other community organizations. This unique and comprehensive resource will help libraries improve their own services and support the important work of educators in their community.