Managing Health Sciences Libraries in a Time of Change (Hardcover)
Language: English
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD, 2024
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Hardcover. Selected as a 2025 Doodys Core TitleIn Managing Health Sciences Libraries in a Time of Change, experienced leaders of the medical library community present insights into the current trends and issues faced by health sciences librarians and offer practical guidelines and management skills needed to create a culture of excellence.The Medical Library Association points out that Management skills and a leaders abilities affect the culture and performance of coworkers and the effectiveness of an institution. The last decades have resulted in a sea change for health sciences library leadership and management. In a short period of time, medical libraries have transformed from collections of print books and journals to databases of digital resources accessible from any desktop. Library services no longer must be provided face to face, but the need for virtual library services has grown in complexity and now demands a greater knowledge of technology and informatics. Reference service, instruction, cataloging, and collection development all remain as key library tasks, but they have been transformed in this digital environment. This book explores what it means to be a manager of health sciences libraries today. Chapters focus on current trends in health science library leadership; managing change; staffing issues; managing for diversity, equity, and inclusion; mentoring; accreditation and evaluation; leadership skills, and a discussion of the differences between the concepts of leadership and management. In Managing Health Sciences Libraries in a Time of Change, experienced leaders of the medical library community offer insights into the current trends and issues faced by health sciences librarians and present practical guidelines and management skills needed to create a culture of excellence. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Managing Health Sciences Libraries in a Time of Change (Hardcover)
- Author
- Claire B. Joseph
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD
- Publication year
- 2024
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1538170086
- ISBN 13
- 9781538170083
In Managing Health Sciences Libraries in a Time of Change, experienced leaders of the medical library community present insights into the current trends and issues faced by health sciences librarians and offer practical guidelines and management skills needed to create a culture of excellence.
The Medical Library Association points out that Management skills and a leader’s abilities affect the culture and performance of coworkers and the effectiveness of an institution. The last decades have resulted in a sea change for health sciences library leadership and management. In a short period of time, medical libraries have transformed from collections of print books and journals to databases of digital resources accessible from any desktop. Library services no longer must be provided face to face, but the need for virtual library services has grown in complexity and now demands a greater knowledge of technology and informatics. Reference service, instruction, cataloging, and collection development all remain as key library tasks, but they have been transformed in this digital environment.
This book explores what it means to be a manager of health sciences libraries today. Chapters focus on current trends in health science library leadership; managing change; staffing issues; managing for diversity, equity, and inclusion; mentoring; accreditation and evaluation; leadership skills, and a discussion of the differences between the concepts of leadership and management.
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About the Author
Priscilla L. Stephenson was Chief, Library Service for James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital in Tampa, Florida at the time of her retirement in 2022. During her 40 years as a health science librarian, she directed both VA and public hospital libraries and served as Head of Reference Services at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center Library. She has published and presented at professional library meetings and edited columns for the Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet (2002-2022) and Medical Reference Services Quarterly (2012-2023). She was awarded MLA’s Lois Ann Colaianni Award for Excellence and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship in 2013 and was named a Fellow of the Association in 2019.
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