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Catalog Description
Management theory, concepts, processes, and practices as applied to information agencies and systems.
Instructor Description
This course will develop your skills to effectively manage a library, or information organization. We’ll be looking at problems faced by many types of libraries: public, academic, school, special. We’ll examine staffing, budget, collection development, patron behavior, and managing the expectations of users.
This course will develop your skills to effectively manage people and projects. Information professionals work in a multitude of settings and our course will consider work in organizations from traditional information institutions to tech companies and beyond. Topics will be addressed from a case study perspective addressing the topics of planning, organizing, leading, controlling, staffing, communicating, and collaborating. I will assess your performance and progress with individual and group assignments. Self-reflection and participation are essential to your success in this class.
Restricted to graduate degree seekers in the School of Information during registration periods 1 and 2. Remaining seats will be made available to outside students on August 19th. Interested non-iSchool students may request a seat reservation by completing this Registration Support Questionnaire.