Management Skills for the Information Manager

Download or read book Management Skills for the Information Manager written by Ann Lawes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-08-13 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1993, this volume explains the diverse and numerous management skills required to run a special library. Whether the unit is within a private or public company, a charity, a research organization, governmental department or a professional association, the manager of that unit has to cope with problems and decisions that range from staffing, recruitment and training to budgeting, purchasing, PR and marketing. This book, with contributions from practising information specialists, will aid both the new and in-position information manager in the difficult day-to-day management role.