The Machiavellian Librarian: Winning Allies, Combating Budget Cuts, and influencing Stakeholders

Do librarians 'rock the boat'? Do they challenge those around them to win influence and advantage? Why is it that librarians are little found on the 'influence' grid of personality assessment tests? The Machiavellian Librarian offers real life examples of librarians who use their knowledge and skill to project influence, and turn the tide in their, and their library's, favor. Authors offer first hand and clear examples to help librarians learn to use their influence effectively, for the betterment of their library and their career. Opening chapters cover visualizing data, as well as networking and strategic alignment. Following chapters discuss influence without authority-making fierce allies, communicating results in accessible language and user-centered planning. Closing chapters address using accreditation and regulation reporting to better position the library, as well as political positioning and outcome assessment. Throws the spotlight on librarian's professional and personality traits, many of which are deleterious to the long-term viability of library fundingShows how best to boost the value proposition of libraries, through enhanced influenceIncludes how-to chapters on influencing others in the organization INDICE: Part 1 Character and behavior for princes: One Machiavellian librarian's path toward leadership; Weasels and honey badgers: Networking for librarians; Influence without authority: making fierce allies; Prince or plebe?: Success at all levels of the library hierarchy; Princely planning in a political environment; Be an ironman at work: Work with your strengths. Part 2 New principalities: Mixed monarchies: Expanding the library's sphere of influence to help student-athletes; To mold a new reality?: strategies for leading change (and getting away with it); Infiltrating the curriculum; Visualizing library space for constituents: a 3D representation of space changes in the Christopher Center Library at Valparaiso University; Game of loans-promoting interlibrary loans; Certifiable: Going rogue with non-library certifications; Ambition, innovation, and tenacity. Part 3 Types of armies: Communicating with the prince? to win the war; Absens haeres non erit: being in the right place at the right time; Taming the bureaucratic beast, or: How we learned to stop stressing and take control of accreditation; An army of one: The way in which the strength of school libraries ought to be measured; Breaking the mold: Winning allies via self-discovery; A Machiavellian metaphor for communication: Using the Social Style Model to craft organizational messages; Rather a prince than a magistrate be: A regional librarian's Dilemma. Part 4 Political situation: Know yourself and your patron: process mapping and needs assessment; The accidental Machiavellian: strategic alignment between the university library and the teaching center; Slybrarianship: building alliances through user engagement and outreach; Leveraging accreditation to quell the two fears; Political positioning.

• ISBN: 978-1-84334-755-2
• Editorial: Chandos Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 340
• Fecha Publicación: 24/10/2013
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés