library management

For immediate release

22nd March 2018

New edition of the essential textbook for collection development and management in libraries

Facet Publishing have announced the release of the fourth edition of Peggy Johnson’s Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management.

For immediate release

2nd November 2017

Take your library users beyond Google to trustworthy scholarly resources

Facet Publishing have announced the release of the second edition of Marketing Your Library’s Electronic Resources by Marie R. Kennedy and Cheryl LaGuardia.

Problems Finding Software?

It is fairly easy to find a general purpose software package. But what do you do when you need software to perform a highly specific task? “Computer Software Evaluation: Balancing User’s Needs & Wants” by Dale Carpenter tells you how to determine your specific ‘needs’ and ‘wants’ and how to compare multiple software packages.

Facet Publishing have announced the release of Library Management in Disruptive Times: Skills and knowledge for an uncertain future.

Library Management in Disruptive Times examines the effects of disruptive change on libraries, library management and library managers and identifies the key skills and attitudes needed by the library leaders of today and tomorrow.

Leading Libraries: How to create a service culture draws from case studies and the literature of business and social sciences to provide guidance on how to apply the values of service leadership to libraries. Authors Wyoma vanDuinkerken and Wendi Arant Kaspar use examples, exercises, and tools for development to walk readers through the steps needed to create a sustainable, service-oriented model.