Competency -9 Internet

www.clutsy.com

NMRLS-Resources for Public Library Directors

I found this helpful website by searching www.clutsy.com for “public library directors”. I tried a couple of searches and found the results did not really reflect managing libraries and that the search engine seemed to be focusing too much on public library and not the additional search terms.

That being said I did find a site that provided a forum for discussion and helpful information for library directors. NMRLS (Northeastern Massachusetts Regional Library System) provides a wealth of library management information, including a discussion list, a professional collection, how to run board meetings, workshops and more, on its Resources for Public Library Directors page located at http://www.nmrls.org/directors/resources_directors.shtml

Competency 8- Multimedia

Seen here is the organization chart for the Boise Public Library. The use of an organization chart allows staff and management to easily determine their direct line managers and reports. This chart is from the Boise Public Library and available at http://www.cityofboise.org/BudgetOffice/FY04FY05/Departments/OrgCharts/Library_files/Library_frames.htm

Competency 7- Social Networking - MySpace

Social Networking

My Space

I searched MySpace for ‘library staff management’ and found a profile that fits my needs perfectly. PALINET's MySpace page can be located at http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=74934533.

The title is “PALINET”. This profile is for a member owned and operated regional Library Network that provides training through its classroom and online education events. They offer discounts on library services and the provide OCLC services to their region. The blog advertises information on upcoming workshops that feature information on all areas of library service and management. It’s set up in a humorous way because PALINET is Library Network and not a real person, but it shows PALINET as being single and 71 years old.

I chose this site because it would be useful to library managers by providing information about staff training and giving them insight into new trends that they may want to add to their training repertoire.

Visit my MySpace page at www.myspace.com/cheriesspace1

Competencies 6- LexisNexis- Successive Fractions

LexisNexis

Successive Fractions


I chose to use LexisNexis for a successive fractions search. I chose the “power search’ and “natural language”.

I used the keyword of ‘management’ for my first search resulting in the 993 hits as depicted in the screen shot below.

I used added 'public librar*' to ‘management’ for a second search resulting 1000 hits as depicted in the screen shot below.
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The third search consisted of 'management' and 'public librar*' and 'staff'. This search resulted in 999 hits as depicted in the screen shot below.

This search turned up some interesting and unexpected results. I was quite surprised by the results of my search. My first search yielded less results than my final search. Normally applying more search terms would result in less hits. When I looked over the results, it seemed that my last two searches resulted in more hits from newspapers. I would normally be looking for magazine articles, so if I broke the results down by those found in magazines or journals the results reflected those I had experienced from past successive fraction searches. The number of hits decreased with each addition search term added. The first search resulted in 121 hits, the second in 22, and the third in 18 hits from magazine and journal articles.

I found two articles that would fit my information need.

TURNING OVER; BRITISH LIBRARIES HAVE BEEN FORCED TO RE-ASSESS THEIR FUNCTION IN SOCIETY, AND ARE NOW ENTERING A PERIOD OF TRANSITION,AND SOME ARERE-EMERGING AS 21ST CENTURY 'IDEA STORES'. SIMON KENT REPORTSPersonnel Today, October 7, 2003, FEATURE; Pg. 24, 1608 words, SIMON KENT

The City's CM; DDC Takes Lead on City Cultural ProjectsNew York Construction, October 1, 2007, Cultural; Pg. 59, 1789 words, Natalie Keith

Competencies 6- World Cat- Browsing

Wold Cat

Browsing

I searched World Cat for the keyword of “public library management” resulting in 7,284 hits. The first few results related very well to my information needs. Below are the first 6 hits, which you can see cover an array of management issues related to public libraries. Browsing allowed me to pick information related to my subject that I might not have known to search for.

1.
Patron behavior in libraries :a handbook of positive approaches to negative situations / Author: McNeil, Beth.; Johnson, Denise J.
Publication: Chicago : American Library Association, 1996
Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 1412 TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIV LIBR
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2.
Assessing service quality :satisfying the expectations of library customers / Author: Hernon, Peter.; Altman, Ellen.
Publication: Chicago : American Library Association, 1998
Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 1356 TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIV LIBR
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3.
Putting service into library staff training :a patron-centered guide / Author: Bessler, Joanne M.
Publication: Chicago : American Library Association, 1994
Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 1140 TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIV LIBR
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4.
Checklist of library building design considerations / Author: Sannwald, William W.
Publication: Chicago : American Library Association, 2001
Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 1089 TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIV LIBR
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5.
The library manager's deskbook :102 expert solutions to 101 common dilemmas / Author: Carson, Paula Phillips, 1967-; Carson, Kerry D.; Phillips, Joyce Schouest.
Publication: Chicago : American Library Association, 1995
Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 1046 TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIV LIBR
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6.
Redesigning library services :a manifesto / Author: Buckland, Michael Keeble.
Publication: Chicago : American Library Association, 1992
Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 975 TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIV LIBR
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Compentcy 6- Library Literature-Citation Pearl

Library Literature

Citation Pearl.

Using the article, “Leading from the Middle” by Margaret Thomas, a citation pearl search was used to find like articles.

I used the subject of “Administration”, found in the subject of the citation, and the author’s name to find like titles.

I located the following six articles.

The search resulted in three more articles that addressed the information need of library management/administration. The 3 articles area as follows.

Thomas, M. NextGen Delivers the Straight Scoop on Library Work. Alki v. 22 no. 2 (July 2006) p. 21-2

Thomas, M. KCLS: Clustering Means Flexibility. Alki v. 22 no. 1 (March 2006) p. 20-1

Thomas, M. Private Fundraising for Public Libraries. Alki v. 21 no. 1 (March 2005) p. 5-6, 10

Using the citation information from the original article I was able to easily locate other articles that were equally valuable to my information need.

Competency 6- ASP-Building Block Search.

Academic Search Complete.

Building Block Search

S1= library staff or library employee* (3445)

S2= manag* or human resouce* (744859)

S3= problem* or retention (624787)

S4= S1, S2, and S3. (80)

Screen shot of S1

Screen shot of S4

Refined search by limiting to Full Text. (54 hits)

Best Results:

No Free Lunch. By: Rogers, Michael. Library Journal, 5/1/2003, Vol. 128 Issue 8, p58, 2/3p; (AN 9631622)

Let Them Eat Cake. By: Rogers, Michael; Mounce,, Clara. Library Journal, 5/1/2003, Vol. 128 Issue 8, p58, 2p; (AN 9631643)

Fair Pay Is an Issue for Managers, Too. By: Orenstein, David. Library Journal, 4/1/2003, Vol. 128 Issue 6, p45, 1p, 1c; (AN 9400553)

Facing the Shortage of Children's Librarians: Updating the Challenge. By: Somerville, Mary R.. American Libraries, Oct98, Vol. 29 Issue 9, p50, 5p, 1c; (AN 1125504)

Module 5- Tagging/Indexing/Cataloging

Library management(1) ProCollection(1) Rangeview ProfessionalCollecti
http://www.librarything.com/work/2699354

The resource chosen for this post is "Staffing The Modern Library: A How-to-do-it Manual" by John M. Cohn. This resource was chosen for its information concerning the staffing of libraries.

Module 4- RSS Feed

To the right hand side of this blog you will find the RSS feed for the PLA (Public Library Association) blog.

I chose PLA's blog for my RSS feed because it contains topics relevant to public libraries and often addresses the subject of public library staff.

Module 3- Podcast

The podcast I selected is entitled Certified Public Library Administrators and can be located at
http://www.ala-apa.org/certification/cpla.mp3. This podcast is a production of ALA-PLA.

This podcast addresses the issues Librarians face when moving into administration positions including the fact that many have not had any training or experience with complex issues such as human resources and funding issues. The podcast reveals that many Library Directors require education in the field of management in order to perform thier duties well. It goes onto describe the Certified Public Library Administrators program in depth.

I located this podcast by searching Public Library Association podcasts using Yahoo.com.

Module 2 Blog Competency

I chose this site because it uses competencies as a basis for staff trainging. I thought this was interesting, since we are using comptencies in this class.

LibrarianInBlack.net at http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2006/10/il_2006_cultiva.html#comments

I found this blog by searching Google blogs.

Susan Houghton blogs about her presentation on using competencies to design employee training.

"How will competencies help?–job descriptions–evaluations–reveal training needs–address feelings of inequity–help staff adjust and handle change"

My focus is staff issues in public libraries. I had a tough time finding blogs that were aimed at staff issues or management issues, so I opted to go the training route.

I did however, think that it was a real shame that there do not seem to be library directors or library management out there discussing issues together that are specific to management and staff.

Introduction

This blog is a requirement for posting competencies for 5013, ISAR. Competencies will be posted and turned in from this blog for 5013, ISAR. My area of interest for this blog will be staffing issues in public libraries.