Dates: March 1-28, 2013
Credits: 1.5 CEUs
Price: $175
This course is taught asynchronously.
An individual’s first position as a library supervisor
can be daunting; especially with no prior supervisory experience. Most
individuals get promoted into a position because of their expertise in a
certain area of librarianship, not necessarily because of leadership. There are
tools, concepts, and skills that a leader needs to be successful and anyone can
learn these tools, even if they are not gifted with them. This course will
discuss some of the major issues an individual new to library supervision will
encounter: Stakeholders, Communication, Planning, Training, Budgeting,
Leadership/Supervision, and Staffing. The course will focus more on the
practicality of these areas; then on the theory; although, some basic theory
will be discussed in the section’s overview. The goal of this course is to
teach the basic knowledge, skills, and tools needed for any library supervisor,
at any level, as well as, lead the individual to more detailed information
available on the subject by providing a bibliography of resources at the end of
each unit. Throughout the course there will be discussion boards, simple
projects/homework, and online chats to discuss common issues and challenges
related to library supervision.
Learning Outcomes
- The student will be able to discuss library supervision
without fear and trepidation.
- The student will be able to use the concepts taught to
make application in the unit’s project.
- The student will be able to analyze their own strengths
and weaknesses in an area and plan a way to improve the strength or overcome
the weakness.
Tony Garrett, Ed. D. is the Head of Reference and Access
Services at Troy University. He has worked in academic libraries for 13 years.
He received his Ed. D. from Nova Southeastern University and his MLIS from the
University of Missouri-Columbia. He is particularly interested in leadership
and public services in academic libraries.
Library Juice Academy
P.O. Box 188784
Sacramento, CA 95818
Tel. 218-260-6115
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