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Author:

Curzon, Susan Carol.

Title:

Managing change : a how-to-do-it manual for librarians / Susan Carol Curzon ; foreword by Michael Gorman.

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Publisher:

Neal-Schuman Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xiv, 129 p. ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Library planning.
Library administration.
Library personnel management.
Organizational change--Management.
Library planning--Case studies.
Library administration--Case studies.
Library personnel management--Case studies.
Organizational change--Management--Case studies.
Veranderingsprocessen.
Organisatieverandering.
Bibliotheekplanning.
Bibliotheekpersoneel.
Begeleiding.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

How to conceptualize change -- How to prepare the organization for change -- How to organize the planning group -- How to plan the change -- How to decide what needs to change -- How to manage individuals during change -- How to control resistance to change -- How to implement the change -- How to evaluate the change -- How to succeed : the fifteen key points -- Change scenario 1 : adjusting to the budget cut -- Change scenario 2 : cleaning up the cataloging backlog -- Change scenario 3 : improving poor service at reference -- Change scenario 4 : controlling unruly students -- Change scenario 5 : removing the homeless from the doorway -- Change scenario 6 : resisting outsourcing -- Change scenario 7 : dealing with pornography in the library -- Change scenario 8 : handling managers in conflict -- Change scenario 9 : succeeding an unfit director -- Change scenario 10 : competing for a staff increase -- Change scenario 11 : reorganizing request due to staff romance -- Change scenario 12 : compromising on the uses of new space -- Change scenario 13 : receiving the cold shoulder -- Change scenario 14 : taking the place of a retired director -- Change scenario 15 : accepting a wealthy donor's useless collection.

Series:

How-to-do-it manuals for librarians ; no. 145

ISBN:

9781555705534 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1555705537 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2005022846

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

IAOX771 -- State Library of Iowa (Des Moines)

OAAX516 -- Maharishi University of Management Library (Fairfield)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)