The Associate University Librarian Handbook A Resource Guide

by Eden, Bradford Lee

• ISBN13: 9780810883819
• ISBN10: 0810883813
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-10
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

Associate university librarians are charged with running the various services and workflows of academic research libraries allowing head university librarians to focus on acquiring resources through fundraising and external public relations. Although the positions of assistant or associate university librarian and dean are considered a training ground for upward movement in the profession, there are surprisingly few mentoring experiences available. The Associate University Librarian Handbook: A Resource Guide fills that gap.

Author Biography

Bradford Lee Eden is dean of library services at Valparaiso University. He is editor of the journals OCLC Systems Services: Digital Library Perspectives International and The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances, and he is on the editorial boards of Library Hi Tech and the Journal of Film Music. Eden is the editor of Content Management Systems for Libraries: Case Studies (Scarecrow, 2008).

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. v
The Associate University Librarian
What Is an Associate University Librarian?	p. 3
Managing Change
The First Four Years: What I Walked Into and Where I Am Now	p. 11
Everything Flows: Negotiating Change in the 21st-Century Library	p. 19
Funding the Library Enterprise and Managing Resources
"Climb On Down From That Tree and Help Me Turn Loose of This Here Wildcat": The Art of Letting Go	p. 29
Fund-Raising and the Academic Library: Generating Internal and External Support	p. 47
Dealing With Budget Reductions	p. 71
Sometimes the News Is Good	p. 97
Associate University Librarian for Research: Libraries and the Business of Doing Research	p. 103
Managing Your Career
Lead Like You Really Mean It: Making Your Associate University Librarian Leadership Count	p. 117
Moving Up: Positioning for Director Roles in Academic Libraries	p. 137
Making the Transition From Associate University Librarian to Line Librarian	p. 161
Associate University Librarians and Leadership
Next-Generation Associate University Librarians: Regenerating Academic Library Leadership	p. 171
Associate University Librarians and Ethics in the Workplace	p. 189
Index	p. 221
About the Editor and Contributors	p. 227
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