The Library Staff Development Handbook

Download or read book The Library Staff Development Handbook written by Mary Grace Flaherty and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Library Staff Development Handbook: How to Maximize Your Library’s Most Important Resource provides practical tips, suggestions for resources, and concrete examples for addressing the multiple and varied aspects of staff development. From crafting a job description to recruitment, hiring and retention, and from progressive discipline and succession planning to continuing education, performance appraisals, and the importance of workplace fun, this handbook can serve as a companion for managers, supervisors and library staff as they negotiate the challenging range of staffing issues and the opportunities they provide in the library setting.