Library Management Tips That Work (ALA Guides for the Busy Librarian)

There s no shortage of library management books out there but how many of them actually tackle the little details of day-to-day management, the hard-to-categorize things that slip through the cracks of a larger handbook? Library Management Tips that Work does exactly that, addressing dozens of such issues facing library managers, including

• How to create a job manual, and keep staff accountable
• Keeping your library board in the loop
• Using numbers to make your case
• Dealing with unreturned library materials
• Methods for managing multiple libraries with one FTE librarian
• Retaining services despite budget cuts and staff shortages
• Public relations on a shoestring

Written by contributors from across the field, this eclectic guide offers best practices suitable for managers in all types of libraries.