Practical and Effective Management of Libraries: General Management Theory, Integrating Case Studies, and Self-Understanding (Chandos Information Professional Series)

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Tight budgets and smaller staffs have unexpectedly thrust a number of librarians into leadership roles for which they may be unprepared. In this timely new guidebook from experienced library director Richard J. Moniz Jr., both practicing librarians and LIS students are given crucial methods for effective management. You'll find tools to help you improve strategic thinking and enhance decision-making skills, as well as a fundamental explanation of management theory and its practical application in the library environment. There are tips for avoiding common pitfalls, motivating others, fostering diversity, communicating effectively, and understanding your institution s organizational culture. Moniz practically written new resource will help you to easily translate and implement essential management skills in your own library environment.

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Dr. Moniz is the Director of Library Services at Johnson & Wales University's Charlotte Campus and an adjunct professor for the Library and Information Studies program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Prior to his current position he served as the Director of Library Services and Head of Information Technology at Johnson & Wales University's North Miami Campus. He has taught undergraduate classes in history and computers as well as the graduate classes in Information Sources and Services and Library Administration and Management which he currently teaches for UNC-G. He has published in Library Journal, College & Undergraduate Libraries, and Library Leadership and Management. In addition to serving as President of Metrolina Library Association in 2007, Dr. Moniz currently serves on the American Library Association's Library Leadership & Management's Planning and Evaluating Library Services and Continuing Education committees.