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Special Libraries: A Survival Guide


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Learn why special or corporate libraries must align with their parent organizations in order to survive in these difficult economic times—and how to foster and demonstrate this critical relationship. Special Libraries: A Survival Guide analyzes what has happened—and is still continuing to happen—to corporate libraries in order to identify the strategies that must be taken to protect their staff's survival. Through a careful examination of a series of case studies of corporate library reductions and closures, authors James M. Matarazzo and Toby Pearlstein suggest key strategies, tactics, and survival tools that all types of special library managers can use to minimize their chances of becoming a victim. The book underscores the importance of collecting data as a survival tool. Additionally, it identifies what needs to be taught to students currently enrolled in library and information science (LIS) programs to give them a leg up in careers. This advocacy book is essential reading for staff at special/corporate libraries in the English-speaking world who wish to retain their positions, but it also contains information applicable to today's academic, public, and even school libraries. It is appropriate for students in the field of library and information science, LIS faculty, and corporate executives responsible for the management of the information function.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Sylvia James Introduction Barbara Quint PART I YOU ARE WHAT YOU MEASURE: THE IMPORTANCE OF DATA AS A SURVIVAL TOOL Introduction James M. Matarazzo and Toby Pearlstein 1 Corporate Score: Marrying Two Expert Tools Will Help You Sustain Your Corporate Library James M. Matarazzo and Toby Pearlstein 2 Case Study: The AT&T Bell Laboratories Library Network Donald T. Hawkins 3 Preface: The Glass Is Half Full A Review of Research Related to the Management of Corporate Libraries James M. Matarazzo and Toby Pearlstein PART II STRATEGIES AND TACTICS FOR SURVIVAL Introduction James M. Matarazzo and Toby Pearlstein 4 Staying Afloat in Turbulent Waters James M. Matarazzo and Toby Pearlstein With Lynne Palombo, Leigh Montgomery, and Elaine Raines Afterword: News Libraries: An Update Leigh Montgomery 5 Corporate Libraries: A Soft Analysis and a Warning James M. Matarazzo and Toby Pearlstein Companion Essay: A Warning from the UK Sylvia James 6 Alternate Sourcing: A Critical Component of Your Survival Toolkit James M. Matarazzo and Toby Pearlstein 7 Resuscitated: The EPA Libraries' Near-Death Experience James M. Matarazzo and Toby Pearlstein Afterword Redux: EPA Libraries at 40—Looking Toward a Bright Future Deborah Balsamo 8 Educating Special Librarians: "The Past Is Prologue" James M. Matarazzo and Toby Pearlstein 9 Educating Special Librarians: In Search of a Model James M. Matarazzo and Toby Pearlstein 10 Scenario Planning as Preventive Medicine James M. Matarazzo and Toby Pearlstein 11 Professional Association Membership as a Survival Tool Sylvia James 12 Corporate Library Survival outside the United States: Lessons from New Zealand and Australia Gillian Ralph and Julie Sibthorpe PART III SO WHAT DOES YOUR MANAGER THINK? Introduction James M. Matarazzo and Toby Pearlstein Companion Essay: Investment Management, Buy-Side Research, and the Information Professional Sylvia James 13 What the Library Has to Do to Be Successful Chuck Pickelhaupt 14 Information Services at Bain & Co., Inc.: Adding Value to the Future of the Firm Michael Zimmerman Interviews Steven Tallman 15 Putnam Investments Corporate Library Patrick O'Donnell Index

About the Author :
James M. Matarazzo, PhD, is dean and professor emeritus at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College, Boston, MA. Toby Pearlstein, PhD, is retired director of global information services for Bain & Company, Inc., a strategic management consulting firm.

Review :
The book constitutes a master class in planning for specialized information services. It is a must-read for special librarians concerned about their professional futures and is equally relevant for educators charged with developing competencies in library students. I highly recommend that library science educators include the book in their curricula, and I urge every special librarian to treat the book as a daily companion. We owe Matarazzo and Pearlstein a huge gratitude for having 'pulled it all together' for us Readers will gain insight into closure avoidance strategies by digesting the content of this well-written, straightforward book. The writers do emphasize special libraries, but the strategies and models could easily be adapted to academic and public library situations. The book is highly recommended for special/corporate libraries and academic libraries that support schools of library and information science.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781610692670
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: A Survival Guide
  • Width: 178 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1610692675
  • Publisher Date: 23 Apr 2013
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 192
  • Weight: 394 gr


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