Performance Management and Appraisal: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians (How-to-Do-It Manuals for Libraries, 132)

Management expert Ed Evans eliminates the performance appraisal jitters and shows you how to make the most out of evaluations and reviews. Chapters cover standards and methods for appraisal, delivering reports, methods ranking and scaling, outcome oriented appraisals, legal concerns, assessing teams and committees, and mentoring and coaching staff. A companion CD-ROM contains multiple, carefully selected appraisal forms from public, school, and academic libraries and instructions for raters, available as both Microsoft Word and PDF files. Chock-full of tips, tables, checklists, bulleted points, and useful forms, this practical guide should be on every manager's desk.