Middle management in academic and public libraries / Tom Diamond, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The balance of authority and responsibility in middle management / Aline Soules -- Managing new managers or supervisors in the public library / Bernadine Goldman -- Managing the performance of people who do not report to you / Dorothy C. Lockaby -- Youth services librarians as middle managers : an overview / Kim Becnel -- The Penn State University Libraries administration leadership development program : a proposal / Matthew J. Wayman, Billie E. Walker, and John D. Shank -- Working together : public and technical services perspectives / Mary Krautter and Christine Fischer -- Caught in the middle : managing competing expectations / Jamie P. Kearley and Deborah McCarthy -- Middle management on the tenure-track : a delicate balance / Dorothy Ormes and Liz Miller -- Managing changing reference services in public libraries / Donna Bachowski -- Social media and the middle manager / Lynette Schimpf -- Managing the previously vacant position / Kathryn Yelinek -- Career ladders in public library branch management / Chad Lubbers -- Performance evaluations as motivation and training opportunities / Christina Torbert -- Hiring and firing : basic practices for public services middle managers in academic libraries / Lee Twombly -- Project management in libraries : an overview for middle managers / Debra Lucas.

"Drawing from the contributions of 20 academic and public library middle managers, this book reveals knowledge, expertise, and insights on a variety of management topics and responsibilities"-- Provided by publisher.