"This practical guide explores the different managerial roles at libraries, looking at the levels of managers, what they do, and how they do it. The book will help prepare early and mid-career librarians to step into new roles"--.

• Contents
• Preface
• Project Management
• The Role of the Project Manager
• Leadership Styles
• Group Development and Conflict
• Project Management Frameworks
• Assessment Basics
• Developing Professionally through Project Management
• Middle Management
• The Role of the Middle Manager
• Mentoring and Managing Employees
• Coordinating Resources
• Strategic Planning and Assessment
• Promoting and Transforming Organizational Culture
• Developing Professionally through Middle Management
• Upper Management
• The Role of the Director
• Managing Managers and Managing Up
• Crisis Leadership
• Budgeting
• Getting Support
• Peer Review, Accreditation, and Assessment
• Developing Professionally through Upper Management
• Bibliography
• About the Author