Public Library Administration Transformed: Developing the Organization and Empowering Users - Softcover

Starr, Karen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1538106396 ISBN 13: 9781538106396

Publisher: RL, 2018

Synopsis

Public libraries have historically faced challenges as viable units in local government. As society struggles with issues related to the scope and effectiveness of government, librarians must ask, “How and why will communities support public libraries in the 21st century?” Public Library Administration Transformed covers public library administration in a comprehensive and detailed manner

Chapters cover:

administrative functions of the librarypublic financeadministrative lawlibrary governancehuman resourcesleadershipstrategic planningprogram management and evaluationmarketing and public relationsintergovernmental relationscooperative government
The discipline of public administration develops skills that are vital to successful libraries. Grounded in the context of public administration, this book provides a framework for future library services, focusing on effective public sector skills, organizational and service innovation, information technology, readers, and the full range of library constituents.



Suitable for use in public library classes, exam copies are available to qualified instructors of such courses upon request.

About this title

About the Author

Patrick Ragains is Business and Government Information Librarian Emeritus at University of Nevada, Reno and is an instructor in the university’s public and school librarian certification program. Ragains is editor of The New Information Literacy Instruction: Best practices (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016, coedited with M. Sandra Wood) and The New Information Literacy Instruction That Works: A Guide to Teaching by Discipline and Student Population (Neal-Schuman, 2013). His practice and research interests focus on information literacy instruction in business and the social sciences, intellectual property, supporting entrepreneurship, government information, and the history and organization of public libraries in the United States.

Edition details

• Publisher: RL
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1538106396
• ISBN 13: 9781538106396
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 290