Download or read book Managing Technology and Managing Change in Libraries written by Sidney Eng and published by Chandos Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about managing technology in libraries. The topics covered include creating a high performance website, electronic reserves, streaming video, inventory using wireless technology, proxy service, usability studies, online surveys and server log analysis. Since library technology has given birth to a new reality where resources allocation, office routines, service delivery, and staff skill sets are impacted in significant ways, successful implementation of technology necessitates careful consideration of how to manage change to achieve a soft landing. Although technology change is, by one definition, viewed to be disruptive, it is also a source to invigorate the library and to breathe life into structural inertia. How to balance the conflicting expectations of performance, staff stress and the potential learning outcome of the students is the goal.
Download or read book Managing Change in Academic Libraries written by Joseph Branin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing Change in Academic Libraries helps academic librarians plan, implement, and manage changes to the fundamental structure of their organizations. It shows readers that in academic libraries the two driving forces behind most change are economics and technology. Declines in funding for education and in the purchasing power of libraries have made it impossible to maintain the status quo, let alone realize growth, in traditional information services and collection development. Add to this downward trend in library economics, the explosion of new information technology and its potential for radically altering communications and knowledge management, and one has the ingredients for some amazing changes in libraries. To help manage these many changes, chapters in Managing Change in Academic Libraries approach change with a mixture of radical and rational ideas. Readers learn academic librarians’views on dealing with change as they read about: an environmental scan which identifies both internal and external forces that are increasing the amount and scope of change in academic libraries technological change and its impact in academic libraries the academic library director’s role as an agent of change how two large library systems managed to change in some very fundamental ways when faced with serious economic and political challenges difficult personnel issues faced by academic libraries as they move into new organizational structures and adopt new management styles the future of traditional reference services in light of rapid developments in computing and networking how to change bibliographic control to better serve the changing expectations and needs of user communities conducting a restructuring study and recommendations for organizational change in a large research library system Each chapter shows academic librarians how they can respond imaginatively and nimbly to economic, political, and technological change that envelopes their professional work life. Academic librarians will refer to Managing Change in Academic Libraries again and again as a survival tool as they meet with challenging and unpredictable changes.
Download or read book Technology Change and the Academic Library written by Jeremy Atkinson and published by Chandos Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Massive technological change has been impacting universities and university libraries in recent years. Such change has manifested in technological developments impacting all areas of academic library activity, including systems, services, collections, the physical library environment, marketing, and support for university teaching, learning, research, and administration. Many books and papers have examined these changes from a technical perspective. However, there is little substantive reflection on what technological change means, and how best to get out in front of it, for the academic library. Technology, Change and the Academic Library systematically reflects on technological innovation, the successes, failures and lessons learned, the nature, process and culture of change, and key aspects including impacts on library staff and users, roles and responsibilities, and skills and capabilities. The book takes an international perspective on the massive change currently affecting academic libraries. The title gives an overview and literature review, considers technological innovation and change management, future technologies and future change, and provides information on further reading. Case studies describe the rationale, aims, and objectives for particular technological innovations, and consider methods, outcomes, and recommendations for the future. Finally, the book reflects back on how technological change can best be wrought in academic libraries. - Gives library managers and librarians insight into how best to identify, plan, and implement technological innovation - Provides a wide-ranging overview, literature review, and a series of reflective case studies on technological innovation in libraries - Emphasises current trends, lessons, and critical issues for putting technological innovation into place - Offers an international perspective on technological innovation in the academic library - Uses a critical methodology to reflect on what works, what does not, and how managers can apply lessons from real cases worldwide
Download or read book Change Management for Library Technologists written by Courtney McAllister and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology has transformed how libraries, archives, and museums store and display their collections, engage with their users, and serve their communities. The pressure to implement new technologies is constant, but technology that isn’t truly useful to users, staff, and stakeholders can represent a huge investment of time and money that yields little reward. In order to make meaningful technology changes in our libraries, archives, and museums, we need a flexible toolkit that will help information professionals become change leaders, navigating the equally complex variables associated with system specs and human experience or perception. Change management incorporates these concerns into a comprehensive framework. Change management principles form the foundation for this book’s approach to managing technology change. While change will inevitably elicit unexpected situations or complications, cultivating a change management repertoire can help information professionals better identify opportunities for valuable technology change, plan and execute those changes, assess the process, and translate the experience into enriched plans for the future. Whether you have been managing library systems for decades or are an MLIS student, this book is designed to introduce you to change management principles and practical skills that you can apply to your local organization’s needs. Chapters on assessment, communication, and iterative change outline a wide range of skills that can facilitate changes like an ILS migration, makerspace launch, website re-design, or room reservation process overhaul. The condensed case studies integrated throughout the book demonstrate the breadth of technology changes taking place in the field and give first-hand accounts of triumphs and learning experiences. There is universal template that guarantees successful technology change. But a robust change management toolkit can cultivate organizational adaptability and responsiveness that empowers libraries, archives, and museums to make the most of current technology changes and positions them to embrace new ones.
Download or read book Practical Tools for Managing Technology in Libraries written by Sydney Eng and published by Chandos Publishing. This book was released on 2029-01-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical Tools for Managing Technology in Libraries: Embracing a Future of Change presents information on how to manage technology in small and mid-sized libraries, including valuable sections on running a library based on management science, strategic thinking, and the tools managers need to adequately do their job. In addition, the text presents tactics on knowing what to expect and how to minimize risk, providing guidance that helps library managers seek out, sort out, coordinate, and integrate individual efforts that still keep the library's mission goals in mind. Sample chapters include web development, web 2.0, and technology innovations, strategic thinking and future developments, and decision-making for transforming library service. Presents information on how to manage technology in small and mid-sized libraries Offers examples on how libraries can offer new services without increasing staff and budget Explores how to tackle potentially complex technology development issues Discusses a management framework regarding technology management in libraries, also covering strategic thinking for librarians and library managers
Download or read book Managing Change written by Susan Carol Curzon and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This guide outlines the step-by-step processes and detailed instructions necessary for conceptualizing the issues; planning; preparing; decision-making; controlling resistance; and implementing changes. Practical guidance for dealing with technology's impact on libraries, applying the latest research in change management, and developing new strategies for coping with change are included." "An all new 'Teaching Tools' section - featuring sample scenarios; questions and discussion points; coaching prompts; motivational tips; and more - helps managers share the knowledge with their staff and colleagues. With a foreword by Michael Gorman, this updated essential guide will help you not only cope - but thrive - in our constantly changing library environment."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Library Management and Technical Services written by Jennifer Cargill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting volume explores the role of technical services functions and organizational structure as forces in the library change process. It provides practical information to help administrators make decisions about how their libraries are organized and managed. As libraries change in many ways--organizational structure, design of jobs, managerial philosophy, responsibilities of professionals, and the impact of automation--librarians in technical services, administrators, and personnel officers--need guidance in meeting the new challenges in order to continue providing thorough efficient services. Professionals from a variety of library environments address the pertinent issues of automation, personnel matters, education, management techniques, and the role of technical services within the total library community.
Download or read book Managing Library Technology written by Carson Block and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide will help library managers understand the underpinnings of technology and how to powerfully manage tech to serve patrons and staff alike. You'll find easy-to-follow exercises and tools that have been tested in real-world situations. Step-by-step instructions for crucial processes including technology planning are included.
Download or read book Managing Library Technology written by Carson Block and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing Library Technology introduces library workers (including non-technical managers, tech administrators and even “accidental technologists”) to core concepts in technology management and provides strategies that will enable them to master the basics of library tech. The content of the book is taken from the author’s popular American Library Association -approved Certified Public Library Administrator course, “Management of Technology,” and is geared to the needs of all kinds of libraries. The book contains easy-to-follow exercises and tools that have been tested in real-world situations with students as they tackled their own evaluation, planning and management challenges. Readers are also given a roadmap to create a technology plan for their library—even if they have no direct technology background themselves. This book helps library workers understand the underpinnings of technology and how to powerfully manage tech to serve patrons and staff alike. Readers will learn: How libraries fit into the overall technology market Strategies to future-proof library technology efforts Approaches to technology planning that stick – and strategies to keep the plan on track Skills to understand technology investments by understanding the total costs of ownership and the specialized library return on technological investment How to collect and use useful data and statistics without being overwhelmed How to stay current, knowledgeable and comfortable with rapid technological change
Download or read book Managing Change and People in Libraries written by Tinker Massey and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing Change and People in Libraries is designed to help library staff find options and compromises to personnel and management problems associated with the constant changes faced in libraries today. This text looks at theories of management, how people and processes change the stresses faced, how to analyze problems, find directions for change to be used and learn how to change negatives into positives in the workplace. The book is designed to help readers find direction and purpose in working practice. - Theories explained through real life examples - Alternatives developed out of facts - Common principles of behaviour applied to management changes
Download or read book Library Management in the Information Technology Environment written by Brice G. Hobrock and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides library managers with the essential information they need to adapt to a whole new set of management issues in the technologically advanced environment.
Download or read book Library Management in the Information Technology Environment written by Brice G. Hobrock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1992, equips library managers in all types of libraries to make the administrative changes necessary to deal with new information technologies. Despite financial difficulties due to inflation and declining budgets, electronic/optical information formats and the hardware and software to support them are a reality for many libraries. Libraries are designing and implementing prototypes of the ‘electronic library’ and are introducing new technologies as a growing adjunct to traditional text formats and services. It analyses administrative adjustments to the new technological information culture. Chapters in this resource that deal with issues not easily grasped by non-computing specialists are distilled to basic components, making them easy for busy managers to comprehend and immediately useful to library administrators.
Download or read book Change Management for Information Services written by Sharon Penfold and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-02-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when most organizations are in transformation, helping LIS professionals cope with change management is essential.This book transforms theories of change management into practical guidelines, summaries, and lists for the information profession while explaining the implications of the information society on the profession. An invaluable aid in establishing clarity of organization and direction, it also includes helpful case studies, recommended reading, and a bibliography.
Download or read book Technology and Management in Library and Information Services written by Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster and published by University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library & Information Science. This book was released on 1997 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended both as a text for a graduate level course in library and information science and for managers of library and related information services, this volume is divided into the following sections: the effects of technology on the institution and its management; the effects of technology on services and users; and special issues in the management of technology. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book How to Stay on Top of Emerging Technology Trends for Libraries written by David Lee King and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Management of Technology written by Hans J. Thamhain and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - vorgestellt werden die modernsten Managementkonzepte, Hilfsmittel und Methoden, die auch in technologieintensiven Unternehmensbereichen einwandfrei funktionieren - Schwerpunkte liegen auf Prozeßintegration, Managementwerkzeugen und Personalentwicklung
Download or read book Managing Change written by Susan Carol Curzon and published by New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers. This book was released on 1989 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aims to show librarians how to manage change by applying innovative management principles to the unique needs of libraries. It is a guide to breaking down change into a logical sequence of events - and then managing it to the most beneficial outcome.
