Research Catalog

Title

Teams in library technical services / edited by Rosann Bazirjian, Rebecca Mugridge.

Publication

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2006.

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Additional Authors

• Bazirjian, Rosann
• Mugridge, Rebecca, 1963-

Description

vii, 222 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

"In Teams in Library Technical Services, Rosann Bazirjian and Rebecca Mugridge present research and case studies demonstrating why and how teams apply to libraries. Managers and other librarians who must understand the evolution of teams in library technical services units, the application of team theory in libraries, and the practical assessment of team organizational structure will be greatly served by this work."--Jacket.

Subject

• Team librarianship > United States
• Technical services (Libraries) > United States
• Academic libraries > United States > Administration > Case studies
• Bibliothéconomie > Travail en équipe > États-Unis
• Traitement (Bibliothèques) > États-Unis
• Bibliothèques universitaires > États-Unis > Administration > Études de cas
• Academic libraries > Administration
• Team librarianship
• Technical services (Libraries)
• United States

Genre/Form

• Case studies
• Études de cas.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The role of organizational culture in effective team development / Jack G. Montgomery -- When is a team really a team? : examples of team-based management concepts in academic libraries / Michael Norman -- Teams and the control of work : a case study at Arizona / Michael S, Ray -- University of Maryland Libraries : case study for program review / M. Sue Baughman, Gordana Ruth, and Janet L. Siar -- Long live the team! : factors in the longevity and success of a semi-autonomous work team / Sarah L. Shreeves, Stephanie Hartman, and Elke Piontek-Ma -- Strategic planning and organizational structure in a team environment / Marda L. Johnson -- Team training for technical services : revisiting the concept after ten years / Paul Orkiszewski, Megan Johnson, and Eleanor I. Cook -- Transitioning from self-directed teams to a traditional work unit / Robert Alan -- Letting go : a reflection on teams that were / John Lubans, Jr -- Implementing and dismantling teams in technical services at the University of Kentucky Libraries / Mary McLaren -- And they lived happily ever after : findings from the Penn State University Libraries' AV workflow process improvement team / Robert B. Freeborn and Ann H. Dodd -- Matrix teams : advancing transitions / Michele J. Crump.

ISBN

• 0810852942
• 9780810852945

LCCN

2005031326

OCLC

62281576

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library