The library staff development handbook : how to maximize your library's most important resource / Mary Grace Flaherty.

Author/creator Flaherty, Mary Grace, 1960- author.
Format Book
PublicationLanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
Copyright Date©2017
Descriptionxiii, 139 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesMedical Library Association books
Medical Library Association books. ^A1252459
Contents Essential background -- Staffing and organizational planning -- Attracting the best and brightest -- Staff engagement : creating opportunities -- Staff development -- Staff evaluation -- Additional funding sources for staffing activities -- Wrapping up.
Abstract The Library Staff Development Handbook: How to Maximize Your Library's Most Important Resource provides practical tips, suggestions for resources, and concrete examples for addressing the multiple and varied aspects of staff development. From crafting a job description and recruiting, hiring, and retaining staff to progressive discipline, succession planning, continuing education, performance appraisals, and the importance of workplace fun, this handbook can serve as a companion for managers, supervisors, and library staff as they negotiate the challenging range of staffing issues and the opportunities they provide in the library setting. -- from back cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Flaherty, Mary Grace, 1960- author. Library staff development handbook Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017] 9781442270374
LCCN2017007667
ISBN9781442270367
ISBN9781442270350 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN1442270357 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN1442270365 paperback alkaline paper
Standard identifier# 40027393285

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks Z682 .F57 2017 ✔ Available Place Hold