Project management in the library workplace / edited by Alice Daugherty, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA ; Samantha Schmehl Hines, Peninsula College, Port Angeles, WA, USA

An important component of library administration and organization in the modern age is managing projects. Once the realm of technology and business gurus, formal project management tools, techniques and schemas have become more commonplace in libraries. Using formal project management components can help libraries achieve their desired outcomes with less stress for employees. However, there can be an entry barrier to project management, since the concepts are still somewhat out of the range of the usual library administration experience. This volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization attempts to put project management into the toolboxes of library administrators through overviews of concepts, analyses of experiences, and forecasts for the use of project management within the profession

Includes bibliographical references and index

Using pre-project planning to manage workload / Twila Camp, Barbara Laufersweiler and Sarah Robbins -- Fostering a culture of project management practices -- a maturity model for libraries / Erla P. Heyns and Sasja Huijts -- Common roots, different systems : project management and librarianship / Samantha Schmehl Hines -- The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry : the disadvantages of project management / Joy M. Perrin -- Sprinting toward faculty engagement : adopting project management approaches to build library-faculty relationships / Pamella R. Lach and Brian Rosenblum -- Shadow project management: using the project management body of knowledge to informally manage library projects / Steven Ovadia -- Academic library implementation of project management standards / Kate McCready and Kirsten Clark -- Integration of project management techniques in digital projects / Kate Dohe and Robin Pike -- Combining project management and change management for project success in libraries / Melissa Fraser-Arnott -- From collection silos to digital content hubs : digital project management in special collections and university archives / Angela Fritz -- The value of full-time project management positions : PMO nuts and bolts at Hesburgh Libraries / Anastasia Guimaraes, Laurie McGowan, Miranda VanNevel and Zheng Wang -- Borrowed from business : using corporate strategies to manage library projects / Sara Holder -- Using a "project management mindset" as an administrative approach to creating workplace efficiencies & building employee leadership skills / Kris Johnson -- Accidental project management in a new library storage facility / Timothy Hackman and Margaret Loebe -- Effective project management techniques to prepare information professionals for the future workforce / Rajesh Singh and Lindsay Jankovitz -- Projects, programmes, strategy and leadership in the research library / J. Stephen Town -- Increasing effectiveness of library projects through scrummaster certification / Mike Waugh

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