Financial Planning for Libraries

Financial Planning for Libraries
Author: Murray S. Martin
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1983
Genre: Bibliotecas finanzas
ISBN: 9780866561181

Financial Planning for Libraries stresses the need for libraries to weed out expenditures which do not contribute to their basic role--the collection and organization of information--when planning where and when to spend money. It illustrates how priorities and goals must change in accordance with changes in libraries'roles in the information world.

Encyclopedia of Library History

Encyclopedia of Library History
Author: Wayne A. Wiegand
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 744
Release: 2015-01-28
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1135787573

First Published in 1994. This book focuses on the historical development of the library as an institution. Its contents assume no single theoretical foundation or philosophical perspective but instead reflect the richly diverse opinions of its many contributors. This text is intended to serve as a reference tool for undergraduate and graduate students interested in library history, for library school educators whose teaching requires knowledge of the historical development of library institutions, services, and user groups, and for practicing library professionals.

Creating a Person-Centered Library

Creating a Person-Centered Library
Author: Elizabeth A. Wahler
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2023-12-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Creating a Person-Centered Library provides a comprehensive overview of various services, programs, and collaborations to help libraries serve high-needs patrons as well as strategies for supporting staff working with these individuals. While public libraries are struggling to address growing numbers of high-needs patrons experiencing homelessness, food insecurity, mental health problems, substance abuse, and poverty-related needs, this book will help librarians build or contribute to library services that will best address patrons' psychosocial needs. The authors, experienced in both library and social work, begin by providing an overview of patrons' psychosocial needs, structural and societal reasons for the shift in these needs, and how these changes impact libraries and library staff. Chapters focus on best practices for libraries providing person-centered services and share lessons learned, including information about special considerations for certain patron populations that might be served by individual libraries. The book concludes with information about how library organizations can support public library staff. Librarians and library students who are concerned about both patrons and library staff will find the practical advice in this book invaluable.