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Jill Hurst-Wahl

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Dec 3, 2012, 8:54:11 AM12/3/12
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A few of you may be interested in this, especially since at least one of the chapters needed is about training.

BTW I know NOTHING about this, except what is written below.  Don't ask me any questions!

Jill




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Date:    Sun, 2 Dec 2012 12:54:59 -0500
From:    Anne Woodsworth <alwo...@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Call for Chapter Proposals for Advances in Librarianship

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Dear Colleagues,


*Call for Chapter Proposals =96 Advances in Librarianship, Volume 38*

*Management and Leadership Innovations*

* *

Please forgive any cross postings.



*Topics of interest for the proposed chapters can include, but are not
limited to, topics such as the following: *

*Staff issues such as:*

Strategic human resources management for future roles

=B7         Evidence based staff development

=B7         Research on effective teams

=B7         Building and sustaining learning cultures

=B7         Fixing toxic structures and operations

=B7         360 degree performance evaluations

=B7         Educational environments, programs, and experiences that produc=
e
creative and strong leaders and managers

*Organization issues such as: *

    - Flexible and nimble organizational models
      - Alignment of structures with strategies rather than buildings
      - Use of social networks (blogs, wikis, Facebook etc.) as management
      and communication tools
      - Creation of data repositories and shared e-spaces in work
      environments
      - Methods to share and use tacit knowledge

*Funding issues such as:*

=B7         Funding sources apart from parent or governing organizations

=B7         Different or alternative budget and funding models being tested

*Customer issues such as:*

=B7         Social network marketing practices: Successes and failures

=B7         Producing services that customers truly want and need in times =
of
rapid change

*            Other issues such as:*

=B7         Conceptual papers on future generations of management practices

=B7         New ways of measuring the value of what works in the real world

* *

Author guidelines and further information on the annual book series can be
requested from the editors, or found at:* **
http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/books/series.htm?id=3D0065-2830***

Questions, comments and chapter proposals should be addressed to the
Editors, Dr. Anne Woodsworth at*  **awood...@emeraldinsight.com** *and
Dr. W. David Penniman at*  **dave_p...@yahoo.com** *

* *

*Schedule:**l *

=B7         *Chapter proposals due to editors =96 March* *1, 2013*

=B7         First drafts of chapters due to editors =96 August 1, 2013

=B7         Final drafts due to editors =96 November 1, 2013

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