Vicki L. Whitmell

Staff Planning in a Time of Demographic Change

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Identifies the issues related to the large number of expected retirees in libraries and information management organizations over the next five to ten years. Practitioners, researchers, and educators discuss the situation and the urgent need for action that will ensure that these organizations can provide the education, training, and proper work environment for their staff.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scarecrow Press
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 218g
• ISBN-13: 9780810852150
• ISBN-10: 0810852152
• Artikelnr.: 21661467

Autorenporträt

Vicki Whitmell is Executive Director of the Legislative Library for the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. A former Executive Director of the Canadian Library Association, she has spoken widely on the development of succession and staff plans.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Introduction Chapter 2 1 Libraries and the Aging Workforce: An
Overview Chapter 3 2 Next Generation Librarians in the Workplace Chapter 4
3 The Future Skills Needs of Information Professionals in the United
Kingdom Chapter 5 4 Planning for the Next Generation of Librarians:
Professional Education and Workplace Strategies Chapter 6 5 Meeting the
Training and Development Needs of an Aging Workforce Chapter 7 6 Looking
Outside Our Borders Chapter 8 7 Deans, Directors, and Department Chairs in
LIS Education: From Whence New Leadership? Chapter 9 8 To Fill or How to
Fill - That Is the Question: Succession Planning and Leadership Development
in Academic Libraries Chapter 10 9 Practical Strategies for Staff and
Succession Planning in Libraries Chapter 11 10 Succession in Academic
Libraries: The Task at Hand Chapter 12 11 Diversity and Libraries Chapter
13 12 Mentoring for Staff and Succession Planning Chapter 14 13 Succession
Planning: A Selective Bibliography for Librarians Part 15 About the
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