Managing for Results: Effective Resource Allocation for Public Libraries (PLA Results) - Softcover

Altman, Ellen; Mayo, Diane; Nelson, Sandra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838934986 ISBN 13: 9780838934982

Publisher: ALA Editions, 1999

Synopsis

This work has been developed as a companion to the Planning for Results series. It aims to enable librarians to allocate resources in order for the library to fulfill its community needs.

About this title

About the Author:

Sandra Nelson is a consultant, speaker, trainer, and writer specializing in public library planning and management issues. She has worked in both small and large public libraries and for two state library agencies. A well-known presenter, she has conducted hundreds of training programs in more than 40 states across the country. Nelson chaired the committee that developed the original Planning for Results: A Public Library Transformation Process, and co-authored Wired for the Future: Developing Your Library Technology Plan and Managing for Results: Effective Resource Allocation for Public Libraries.

From Library Journal:

The authors of Wired for the Future: Developing Your Library Technology Plan (Professional Media, LJ 6/1/99) have teamed up with Ellen Altman, author of numerous works on library administration, to produce this companion to the two-volume Planning for Results: A Public Library Transformation Process (Professional Media, LJ 6/15/98). If your library has gone through the planning for results process and you are unsure what to do next, this volume will help you gather the data on the resources you need to implement your plan. Topics addressed include an overview of resource allocation, specifics on managing staff, collections, and facilities, and a brief look at managing technology. For each of the management issues addressed, a series of reproducible workforms (with a permission notice on each) is included. As the authors point out frequently, if you do not yet know what you are trying to accomplish, then this is not the book for you. While written for public libraries, and specifically for those that have used the Planning for Results framework to identify priorities, this book has something to offer to any library making decisions about how to deploy, or redeploy, resources to accomplish specific results. Recommended for all public libraries and library science collections--Mary A. Martin, New Hampshire State Lib., Concord
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About this edition

• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0838934986
• ISBN 13: 9780838934982
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 362