Navigating the Future With Scenario Planning: A Guidebook for Librarians - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838987516 ISBN 13: 9780838987513

Publisher: Association of College & Research Libraries, 2015

Synopsis

This volume introduces and describes the use of scenario planning in libraries. Scenario planning can be used to build plausible stories about the future and to, therefore, be better able to plan, lead, and manage during uncertain times. This guidebook explains the uses of and processes for conducting scenario planning as both a futuring technique and as a planning tool. Combining practical step by step chapters with chapters on research using scenarios, Navigating the Future with Scenario Planning explains how libraries can use scenario planning tools to develop strategic agendas to help libraries to survive and thrive in turbulent times.

Edited by noted scenario planning expert Joan Giesecke with Jon Cawthorne and Debra Pearson and with contributions from Tyler Walters, this volume is appropriate for all types of academic libraries. Other types of libraries may also find this volume useful.

About this title

About the Author

Joan Giesecke is the Special Assistant to the Chancellor, Dean Emeritus, and Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. She is responsible for campus wide accreditation efforts, coordinates regional accreditation processes, and participates in specialized accreditation preparation as needed.

Jon Cawthorne is Associate Dean, Public Services and Assessment at Florida State University Libraries, USA.

Deb Pearson is Head, Libraries Facilities and Planning at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Association of College & Research Libraries
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838987516
• ISBN 13: 9780838987513
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128
• Editor: Giesecke Joan, Cawthorne Jon, Pearson Deb