Scarecrow Press
Pages: 166
Trim: 5¾ x 8½
978-0-8108-5215-0 • Paperback • March 2005 • $79.00 • (£61.00)
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.
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 Contributors
Editor Vicki Whitmell and her cadre of essayists examine issues of succession planning as well as recruitment, retention, training, and mentoring in Staff Planning in a Time of Demographic Change. Among the contributors are Stephen Abram, who considers the next generation of librarians; Renée Bazile-Jones, who covers diversity issues; and Ethel Auster and Donna C. Chan, who discuss the training and development needs of an aging workforce.
— American Libraries
This is a must-read for those in library administration at all levels, as well as those concerned about the future of the profession.
— Info Career Trends
...practical advice for effective staff planning....A significant contribution to the literature, this is recommended for graduate and professional collections.
— Library Journal