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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.
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Person Centred Management in Academic Libraries
About the author
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 personcentered 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.
Summary
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.
