Person-centered management in academic libraries -

Person-centered management in academic libraries

Buch | Softcover
336 Seiten
2024 | 1. Auflage
Facet Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78330-746-3 (ISBN)
74,75 inkl. MwSt
Offering a previously unexplored way for academic library managers to frame their work, this book interweaves theory, practice and reflection to investigate the ways in which person-centered management can close the gap between managers and other library staff.
A recent study published in the Journal of Library Administration draws a sobering conclusion: the accelerated exodus of library workers from the profession in the last several years is partially due to strained relationships between staff and their managers. Often, administrators and managers operate within structures which may encourage or enable poor managerial practices. This volume shines a light on a different path forward for the field, one that focuses on the people who work in libraries and how their managers can support them with empathy and skill. Stemming from insights presented at the Conference on Academic Library Management (CALM), the contributors illustrate what person-centered management looks like in practice and point the way towards implementing this approach at readers’ institutions. This book



incorporates a variety of institutional perspectives, including community colleges, technical and special colleges, liberal arts institutions, and large research universities;
defines the concept of person-centered management in the context of libraries and explains why it offers such a valuable framework for improving workplace conditions;
demonstrates why lack of workplace satisfaction and the low morale experience of library staff is often tied to the culture created by management;
discusses building person-centered systems, interacting with student employees, setting healthy boundaries, and practicing reflection and self-care;
shares positive, proactive management practices that create space for criticism, sharing of lived experiences, and a willingness to investigate and, if needed, make changes to the status quo; and
explores such key topics as communication, working virtually, mentorship, intellectual humility, shared leadership, and many others.

Dani Brecher Cook works as the Associate University Librarian for Learning and User Experience at the UC San Diego Library. She holds an MSLS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MA in Education from UC Riverside, and an AB in English Literature from the University of Chicago. She is the co-founder of the Conference on Academic Library Management (CALM), and is the co-author of the books Learner-Centered Pedagogy: Principles and Practice and Person-Centered Management in Academic Libraries. Dani has written and presented on information literacy teaching strategies and educational technology. Maoria J. Kirker is the teaching and learning team lead for George Mason University Libraries. Her research focuses on teacher-librarian identity, the influence of social and cultural capital on academic library usage, and person-centered management in academic libraries. She is a cofounder of CALM. Diann Smothers serves as the head of technical and digital initiatives for Dacus Library at Winthrop University. She has an MBA from Northeastern University in Boston and an MLIS from the University of South Carolina in Columbia. She is a founding steering committee member for CALM. She also presents on values creation in academic libraries.

Introduction

Part I | Practices of a Person-Centered Manager

Chapter 1: You Think You Know: Where Learner-Centered Pedagogy Meets Management

Elizabeth Galoozis

Chapter 2: Closing the Gap: Person-Centered Management in Manager and Administrator Roles

Karen Munro

Chapter 3: From Individual to Collective: Applying Person-Centered Management in Unionized Libraries

Joanna Messer Kimmitt

Chapter 4: Expressed Intellectual Humility: A Framework for the Person-Centered Library Manager

Maoria J. Kirker

Part II | Building Person-Centered Systems

Chapter 5: Inclusive Interviewing: Leveraging the Virtual Format to Demonstrate Care for Future Colleagues

Rebecca C. Hyde, Amanda B. Albert, Jamie L. Emery, and Sarah E. Fancher

Chapter 6: Strengthening Person-Centered Management through Mentorship: Building Library Community

Angela Yon, Grace Allbaugh, and Susan R. Franzen

Chapter 7: Shared Leadership as a Tool for Building an Inclusive Library

Laura Krier

Chapter 8: Person-Centered Appraisals for Encouraging Growth and Development

Satasha Williams, Leah Marie Zamora, Judy Matthew Hutchinson. and Nancy J. Weiner

Chapter 9: Compassion in Academic Library Leadership and Management

Juliann Couture, Rebecca Kuglitsch, and Jennie Gerke

Chapter 10: Person-Centered Management and the Deming Cycle

Kristy L. White and John R. White

Part III | Communicating as a Person-Centered Manager

Chapter 11: Disrupting Vocational Awe: Strategies for Supervisors to Identify, Counter, and Prevent Unsustainable Workloads and Unreasonable Expectations

Amanda Koziura and Amy Tureen

Chapter 12: The Multiple Selves of the Middle Manager

Manda Sexton and Kristina Clement

Chapter 13: Communication and Administrative Transparency

Marna Hostetler

Chapter 14: Ask Five Questions

Meghan Kowalski

Chapter 15: Listening Practices for the Manager

Kathleen “Kat” Kim Bell

Part IV | Person-Centered Management of Student Employees

Chapter 16: Student Assistants Are Employees Too: Integrating Person-Centered Management into Student Employee Management

Adebola Fabiku and Kaitlin Kehnemuyi

Chapter 17: At the Intersection of Person-Centered Management and Learner-Centered Pedagogy: Training, Managing, and Mentoring Student Staff for Peer-to-Peer and Learner-Centered Services

Matthew Weirick Johnson and Renee Romero

Part V | Setting Healthy Boundaries

Chapter 18: Boundaries as Meeting Places: Rethinking Boundary Setting within the Managerial Relationship

Veronica Arellano Douglas

Chapter 19: Respect in All Directions: Balanced Care as a Central Concept to Management

Elizabeth Davidson and David Brennan

Chapter 20: Persisting as a Reluctant Interim Leader of an Academic Library

Paige K. Mann

Chapter 21: How the Push toward Normalcy Undermines Faith

Jamia Williams

Part VI | Reflection and Self-Care

Chapter 22: Instilling Harmony, Building Trust: An Integrated Approach to Managing in Libraries as Women of Color

Tarida Anantachai, Betsaida Reyes, and Cecilia Tellis

Chapter 23: Centering People: An Empowering and Inclusive Approach during Times of Change

Kate L. Ganski

Chapter 24: My Journey toward a Person-Centered Transformation

Livia Piotto

About the Editors and Contributors

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo Illustrationen
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 452 g
Themenwelt Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Lexikon / Chroniken
Mathematik / Informatik Informatik
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Personalwesen
ISBN-10 1-78330-746-3 / 1783307463
ISBN-13 978-1-78330-746-3 / 9781783307463
Zustand Neuware
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