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!
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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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