Book description
MLS programs do a good job of teaching the basic skills of being a
librarian - how to catalog books, how to clarify a reference request,
how to run a story hour. But as any working librarian will tell you,
that's not the half of it. A long-time library administrator, Elisabeth
Doucett gives new librarians a full dose of practical advice and wisdom
that remains between the lines of most library curriculum, while also
teaching seasoned professionals a thing or two. Gleaned from years of
hard-fought experience, this book Covers a variety of library topics
that are truly relevant to the day-to-day job, such as management,
administration, and marketing Shows how librarians can use practical
business and organizational skills to do a better job and further their
careers Presents information in a grab-and-go format that's ready to
apply in the real world For MLS graduates just entering the job market,
as well as individuals interested in switching gears through promotion
or advancement, Doucett offers the inside scoop on what a librarian
really needs to know. Elisabeth Doucett is director of the Curtis
Memorial Library in Brunswick, Maine. She holds an MLS from Simmons
College, where she was elected to the Beta Phi Mu Honor Society, and an
MBA in marketing from the J. L. Kellogg School of Management at
Northwestern University. She is the author of Creating Your Library
Brand. Her strategy and marketing proficiencies were developed over more
than a decade spent in the consumer packaged goods industry as a
marketing director at Quaker Oats and Dunkin' Donuts and as a brand
manager at Kraft Foods in the Maxwell House Coffee Division.
