Research-Based Planning for Public Libraries (Paperback)

Joseph R. Matthews

ISBN 10: 1610690079 / ISBN 13: 9781610690072

Edité par Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Englewood, 2013

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Paperback. This book will help public library administrators, managers, and board members to better plan, strategize, and understand their communities, enabling public libraries to become dynamic, proactive institutions.Research-Based Planning for Public Libraries: Increasing Relevance in the Digital Age takes readers through a logical and effective process for developing a plan and implementing it within the various functions of the library. Grounded in research and best practices, the book offers practical, easy-to-implement advice and direction for today's public library administrators, managers, and board members. Covering everything from goal-setting, policy-making, and budgeting, to collections, promotions, and access and evaluation, the book details how to better provide and promote access, convey its value to customers, and make the library a more integral part of the community. The author inspires library staff and administrators to reinvent themselves to meetand overcomethe current challenges they face. The information is specifically tailored towards public librarians, particularly those in management or administration, as well as to LIS faculty and students of public librarianship and library management. This book will help public library administrators, managers, and board members to better plan, strategize, and understand their communities, enabling public libraries to become dynamic, proactive institutions. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781610690072

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Titre : Research-Based Planning for Public Libraries...

Éditeur : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Englewood

Date d'édition : 2013

Reliure : Paperback

Etat : new

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Synopsis :

This book will help public library administrators, managers, and board members to better plan, strategize, and understand their communities, enabling public libraries to become dynamic, proactive institutions.

À propos de l?auteur:

Joseph R. Matthews has assisted numerous libraries and local governments in a wide variety of projects, and teaches regularly in the areas of library information systems, strategic planning, and evaluation of library services.