Library and Information Center Management: Review

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(More customer reviews)I'm almost tempted to turn in my LIS professor to the Hague tribuinal for "Crimes against Humanity" for assigning us this textbook. This has got to be the most boring, pedandic,
jargon-ridden, vacuous text...page after page of blather with less true intellectual content than the average soundbite and conclusions so plain and commonsensical you wonder why you bothered reading most of these chapters at all. I'd pick Will Manley's amusing ramblings & observations any day over this
worthless tome. This textbook feels like it was designed for MBA students originally, then an editor threw in obligatory references to "library & information centers" and viola, instant "Library Science" textbook. Yet one more sign/symbol of librarianship fawing a bit to much on corporate models and methods instead of staying true to their own roots, unique missions and objectives as public service agencies. Read Michael Gorman's _Our Enduring Values: Librarianship in the 21st Century_ if you want a real orientation on what being a librarian (and thus a library director) are all about.
Heck, I bet most thoughtful LIS professors could put together
reading lists of enough LJ articles discussing "library & information center management" that would be far more rewarding and informative to new LIS students seeking their MLS than this textbook ever could hope to be. Avoid this book!

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Updated and expanded, this text aims to reflect the many changes that have taken place in libraries and library management. Students should acquire important knowledge about the complex and interrelated functions common to all organizations: planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. The book introduces new thoughts and techniques alongside those that have stood the test of time and trial. Contemporary examples are given to illustrate discussions on such themes as strategic planning and total quality management. The text exposes students to the technology and the political, economic and social environments that are powerful forces which influence the planning for information services today. At the same time, it outlines new knowledge, skills, and techniques that are required by staff members at every level of an organization's operations.

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