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Mistakes in Academic Library Management
Grievous Errors and How to Avoid Them
Edited by Jack E. Fritts Jr.

List Price: $50.00 ISBN: 0-8108-6744-3 ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-6744-4 Pub Date: Oct 2009 140 pages Binding: Paper Availability: In Stock   European customers click here

SUBJECTS
Library & Information Science » Library Management

REVIEWS
"A good introduction for newly appointed directors." —March 2010, C&RL News

DESCRIPTION
Mistakes in Academic Library Management: Grievous Errors and How to Avoid Them addresses the most common library management issues, examining mistakes that anyone in a library management position could make, coupled with suggestions for how the issue could be better handled or avoided. The result is the recognition and formation of tools to aid developing managers in identifying potential pitfalls.

Jack E. Fritts Jr. addresses a range of management issues, including campus politics, communication, information technology, staff, and planning. There is also a chapter that addresses library management from the perspective of a chief academic officer. All those in library management positions, or who aspire to library management positions, will profit from the discussions of common but potentially severe mistakes in library management presented in this book.

ABOUT THE EDITOR
Jack E. Fritts Jr. is currently the Director of Library Services at Benedictine University and the author of numerous articles on library management.

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