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Author: Carol Smallwood
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 083891120X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSmallwood’s volume offers insight, inspiration, and tips for those already retired as well as those thinking about retiring.
Author: Carol Smallwood
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2011-06-30
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 0838992870
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten by contributors from across the field, this eclectic guide offers best practices suitable for managers in all types of libraries.
Author: Carol Smallwood
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2013-05-16
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 0810890534
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs budgets for libraries continue to shrink, the key challenge facing the 21st century librarian is finding how to do more with less. Learning how to increase productivity within the constraints of a difficult economy, librarians can benefit from the insights of fellow professionals and others who have succeeded in making the most of what they have. Time and Project Management Strategies for Librarians features more than thirty essays that provide valuable tips for the professional who must cope with increasing demands upon their resources. Librarians will get tips on how to: identify the most important tasks for the library eliminate non-essential functions and processes increase reliance on volunteers, interns, and students optimize daily routines and schedule staff effectively increase productivity through the use of social media and email increase project and time management skills and personal productivity through setting and meeting goals With productivity tips for all librarians—from the newly hired to the most seasoned veteran—this volume will help libraries provide better service to their users and also show librarians how to give this service without losing their personal lives and their sanity.
Author: Carol Smallwood
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2013-08-03
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 1476605653
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPracticing academic, public, school and special librarians and LIS faculty in the United States offer practical how-to essays on managing stress as working librarians. Creative methods of diffusing stress are emphasized, adaptive to various types of libraries and job descriptions. The book is divided into several parts: Defusing and Reducing Conflict at Work; Stress Management; Library Programs for Patrons and Staff; Balancing the Professional and the Personal; Juggling Responsibilities; Easing Stress on a Budget; Overcoming Challenges; and Navigating Career Transitions. Facing budget and staff cuts, increasingly diverse patrons, and rapidly changing technology, librarians have stressful jobs and this collection helps meet a concrete need.
Author: Carol Smallwood
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 0810887223
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncreasingly, libraries are struggling to deal with a growing diversity in the cultural background of their patrons. Problems arising from this cultural diversity afflict all library types--school, public and academic. Library Services for Multicultural Patrons is by and for all libraries that are striving to provide multicultural services to match the growing diversity in the cultural background of patrons. The book is designed to offer helpful tips and practical advice to academic, public, and school librarians who want to better serve the multicultural groups in their communities. The contributors to the book are themselves practicing librarians and they share creative ideas for welcoming multicultural patrons into libraries and strategies for serving them more effectively. Librarians will find in these chapters tried and true tips and techniques for marketing and promotion, improving reference services for speakers of English as a second language, and enhancing programming that they can easily implement in their own libraries and communities. The chapters are divided into the following categories for ease of access: 1) Getting Organized and Finding Partners, 2) Reaching Students, 3) Community Connections, 4) Applying Technology, 6) Outreach Initiatives, 6) Programming and Events, and 7) Reference Services. Librarians of all types will be pleased to discover easy-to-implement suggestions for collaborative efforts, many rich and diverse programming ideas, strategies for improving reference services and library instruction to speakers of English as a second language, marketing and promotional tips designed to welcome multicultural patrons into the library, and much more.
Author: Carol Smallwood
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011-11-08
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 0786488700
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBoth new librarians and those changing directions in the field can benefit greatly from a relationship with a positive and supportive mentor. In this book, public, school, academic, and special librarians, as well as LIS faculty and consultants, offer expertise and wisdom for those wishing to become a mentor or a protege or to implement a mentoring program. Topics include reasons for choosing mentoring relationships, practical tips on setting up a program, internships, practicums, job shadowing, virtual reference, opportunities for those new to the profession and those in mid-career, and mentoring across disciplines. By sharing their personal successes as well as their failures in mentoring, the 35 contributors offer sound advice backed by years of experience, advice that will aid all librarians who seek guidance or want to guide the future of the library profession.
Author: Carol Smallwood
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2014-01-10
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 0786489952
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConcise, how-to case studies from practicing public, school, academic, and special librarians provide proven strategies to improve brand management, campaign organization, community outreach, media interaction, social media, and event planning and implementation. Intended for the novice and the old hand, individuals and large staffs, this valuable guide provides librarians with the effective marketing tools necessary to help their libraries thrive in these challenging times.
Author: Jeannette Woodward
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2011-05-12
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 0838992994
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Special Report provides the compassionate guidance and pragmatic support that librarians will need to survive possible career crises and reenter the job market with renewed confidence.
Author: Jane D. Monson
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2012-11-26
Total Pages: 251
ISBN-13: 155570882X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFamiliarity with digital practices is increasingly important for all information professionals, and this book offers a solid foundation in the discipline.
Author: Michael F. Bemis
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2014-03-03
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0838911854
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis unique annotated bibliography is a complete, up-to-date guide to sources of information on library science, covering recent books, monographs, periodicals and websites, and selected works of historical importance. In addition to compiling an invaluable list of sources, Bemis digs deeper, examining the strengths and weaknesses of key works. A boon to researchers and practitioners alike, this bibliography Includes coverage of subjects as diverse and vital as the history of librarianship, its development as a profession, the ethics of information science, cataloging, reference work, and library architecture Encompasses encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, photographic surveys, statistical publications, and numerous electronic sources, all categorized by subject Offers appendixes detailing leading professional organizations and publishers of library and information science literature This comprehensive bibliography of English-language resources on librarianship, the only one of its kind, will prove invaluable to scholars, students, and anyone working in the field.
