Management of Libraries and Archives

Pre-requisites: ARST 510, ARST 515, ARST 516, ARST 520.

Goal: To prepare professional librarians and archivists to work effectively within a larger organization and to assume managerial responsibilities within their unit.

Objectives:

1. Explain the nature and tasks of managers and leaders in information agencies.
2. Describe skills of group dynamics and processes.
3. Discuss the theory, principles, and practices of management in libraries and archives.

Content:

1. Internal factors including the classic functions of managers of planning and decision-making, organizing, staffing, controlling and evaluating.
2. External factors such as the larger political context within which the library/archive operates.
3. Personal factors, such as preferred communication, management, and leadership styles, and their effect on individual and team performance.