What Every Library Director Should Know
By (author) Susan Carol Curzon
Not available to order
Publication date:
10 April 2014Length of book:
226 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13: 9780810891883
In this unconventional management text, author Dr. Susan Carol Curzon presents a different take on traditional library management tools. Through personal narrative and anecdotes from other working professionals, Curzon presents the many everyday challenges one meets as a library manager:
• The unwritten rules, strategies, and bits of wisdom only learned on-the-job
• Behavioral nuances
• Political strategies
• Mentor-like advice
• Subtle communication codes
Regardless of the professional setting, management is management and wisdom is wisdom. What Every Library Director Should Know is the insider’s view of vital actions, behaviors, and strategies needed to succeed in every type of library.
• The unwritten rules, strategies, and bits of wisdom only learned on-the-job
• Behavioral nuances
• Political strategies
• Mentor-like advice
• Subtle communication codes
Regardless of the professional setting, management is management and wisdom is wisdom. What Every Library Director Should Know is the insider’s view of vital actions, behaviors, and strategies needed to succeed in every type of library.
Balancing a budget does not a leader make. Curzon has captured the nuances of effective leadership with wisdom, common sense, elegance, and a practical how-to approach. Here is a library mentor you can trust. The book fills a need you never even knew existed, until you start reading it.