Category:People
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People
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Libraries need good people--and libraries are nothing without the patrons we serve.
Articles here discuss various aspects of recruiting, mentoring and otherwise finding and keeping good leaders as well as the many aspects of patrons and the community.
Recent articles
- Career paths - Shorter notes (some old, some new) on changes over the course of a career.
- Generational issues:
- The age of librarians - Wayne Bivens-Tatum discusses generational issues in academic libraries.
- On appearances and legitimacy - Iris Jastram discusses one problem of younger academic librarians: Being taken seriously.
- Generational notes - New notes added to this ongoing discussion.
- Your reputation is a recruitment strategy - Jamie LaRue sees a real need to retain the best and recruit future library leaders, at least for public libraries, in this May 2008 essay.
- Looking in the mirror - four related posts from two blogs suggestions questions you should ask yourself and (new?) employees to get a clearer picture of yourself, your institution, where you are and where you're going.
- Directors, leaders and work-life balance - Steven J. Bell and Wayne Bivens-Tatum discuss issues that relate directly to the next generation of leaders and directors--and now Jeff Scott adds insights from a rural public library director's perspective. Leadership, balance and choice adds related notes from outside the library literature.
- We got trouble... - an overview leading to a range of articles on difficulties with people.
Overviews
- We got trouble... - an overview for articles on internal difficulties, including staff, management and communications problems.
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