Strategic planning and management for library managers
By: Joseph R. Matthews.
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: Library administration.; Library planning.; Strategic planning.
Description: Offers library managers an overview of the role and responsibilities of strategic planning, addressing the goal of providing good service and identifying new ways to communicate the library's importance to its customers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Strategies; title: What are strategies?; title: The need for strategies; title: Schools for strategic thought; title: Types of strategies; title: pt. 2. Strategic planning; title: What is strategic planning?; title: Value of strategic planning; title: Strategic planning process options; title: Implementation; title: pt. 3. Monitoring and updating strategies; title: A culture of assessment; title: Tools for managing the library.