Where do most library managers make mistakes? How can a good manager turn a bad situation into a positive one? Learning to manage people and change is a crucial skill. Managing Change and Managing People in Libraries, to be released in North America by Neal-Schuman Publishers on December 10, 2009, is a practical guide designed to help library managers navigate the technological, structural, and personnel-related management problems that characterize the constantly changing library environment.

Author Tinker Massey addresses crucial management theory, and provides real life examples to demonstrate best practices and how to avoid common management pitfalls. She examines the impact that new people and processes have on workplace stress and gives advice for creating positive outcomes from negative situations. There is also guidance for motivating staff, eliciting enthusiasm, and building a workplace designed for long term productivity.
Managing Change and Managing People in Libraries is an essential guide for library managers, staff and LIS students seeking to manage their environment with direction and purpose.

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Table of Contents
1. Basic Theories
2. Management Gone Wrong
3. Reconstruction
4. Pushing the Positive
5. Changing Negatives to Positives
6. Ebbing Stress
7. Changing Change to Make a Change
8. Revving Up Enthusiasm
9. Design for Longevity
10. Production – Not Luck
Managing Change and Managing People in Libraries
ISBN 978-1-84334-427-8.
Chandos Publishing 2009.
6 x 9. 200 pp. $99.95.

About the Author
Tinker Massey has worked in a number of academic, public and special libraries over her forty plus years of experience and is presently serving as the Serials Librarian in the Hunt Library at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, UK. Her management and leadership credential include running her own information consulting firm, and working for nine years with a Director to change an administrative system from a top-down to a team orientation after an in-house shooting, Massey is a frequent presenter and writes a regular “Something to Think About” feature in against the Grain.

About Neal-Schuman Publishers and Chandos Publishing
Founded in 1976, Neal-Schuman Publishers is based in New York City with offices in London, UK. Neal-Schuman is a leading publisher of professional and academic titles in all areas of library and information studies. Since June 2009, Neal-Schuman has also been the exclusive North Aamerican distributor for titles from the United Kingdom’s Chandos Publishing, a division of Woodhead Publishing Limited. books are a leading, highly practical source of authoritative information for professionals and researchers worldwide.

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