Library Management Tips That Work

There’s no shortage of library management books out there—but how many of them actually tackle the little details of day-to-day management, the hard-to-categorise minutiae that slip through the cracks of a larger handbook? Library Management Tips that Work does exactly that, answering numerous questions library managers may never have thought to ask, such as:

• How to create a job manual, and keep staff accountable
• Keeping your library board in the loop
• Using numbers to make your case
• Dealing with unreturned library materials
• Methods for managing multiple libraries with one FTE librarian
• Retaining services despite budget cuts and staff shortages
• Public relations on a shoestring

Written by contributors from across the field, this eclectic guide offers best practices suitable for managers in all types of libraries.