Guide to Library and Information Agency Management

Charles Curran has taught management and collection development at the School of Library and Information Science, Unversity of South Carolina. He has served elected and appointed offices in ALA and the Association for Library and Information Science Education, most recently as president of the latter.Lewis Miller is currently dean of libraries at Butler University in Indianapolis.

• Part 1 AcknowledgmentsPart 2 ForewordPart 3 IntroductionChapter 4 1. The Nature of the Information PlaceChapter 5 2. Managing Communication and RepresentationChapter 6 3. Leadership and ManagementChapter 7 4. A Brief History of Organizational Thought from the Garden of Eden to the Fish MarketChapter 8 5. Human ResourcesChapter 9 6. Political BehaviorChapter 10 7. BudgetingChapter 11 8. Learning about Management from ExperienceChapter 12 9. The External EnvironmentChapter 13 10. A Field Guide to Mistakes Managers MakeChapter 14 11. Managing the ParadoxesChapter 15 12. Information PolicyChapter 16 13. Knowledge ManagementChapter 17 14. You Will Not See This in Other Information Place Management TextsPart 18 IndexPart 19 About the Authors

Broad in scope and written in an easy-to-read style, this guide can most appropriately be used as an introduction to management for library and information science students....useful for those in larger organizations who need to conduct in-house management training sessions.