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The Machiavellian librarian : winning allies, combating budget cuts, and influencing stakeholders / edited by Melissa K. Aho and Erika Bennett.

Contributor(s): Series: Chandos information professional seriesPublication details: Oxford ; Philadelphia : Chandos Publishing, 2013.Description: xxiv, 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781843347552 (pbk.) :
  • 1843347555 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Z675.U5 M324 2013
Contents:
1. Introduction -- Pt 1 Character and behavior for princes 2. One Machiavellian librarian's path toward leadership / Christopher Shaffer -- 3. Weasels and honey badgers: networking for librarians / Andre J. Nault -- 4. Influence without authority: making fierce allies / Kacy L. Allgood -- 5. Prince or plebe?: success at all levels of the library hierarchy / Megan Hodge -- 6. Princely planning in a political environment / Maggie Farrell -- 7. Be an ironman at work: work with your strengths / Kristen Mastel -- Pt 2 New principalities 8. Mixed monarchies: expandind the library's sphere of influence to help student-athletes / Laura Francabandera -- 9. "To mold a new reality": strategies for leading change (and getting away with it) / Donna M. Braquet -- 10. Infiltrating the curriculum / Ken Bolton -- 11. Visualizing library space for constituents: a 3D representation of space changes in the Christopher Center Library at Valparaiso University / Bradford Lee Eden -- 12. A game of loans: promoting interlibrary loans / Joanne Percy -- 13. Certifiable: going rogue with non-library certifications / Kim Glover -- 14. Ambition, innovation, and tenacity / Leslie L. Morgan -- Pt 3 Types of armies 15. Communicating with the "prince" to win the war / Scott Shieldlower -- 16. Absens haeres non erit: being in the right place at the right time / Anne C. Barnhart -- 17. Taming the bureaucratic beast or: how we learned to stop stressing and take control of accreditation / Carolyn L. Burrell and Scott W. Lee -- 18. An army of one: the one in which the strength of school libraries ought to be measured / Tia Esposito and Anna Martinez -- 19. Breaking the mold: winning allies via self-discovery / Bern Mulligan and Benjamin Andrus -- 20. A Machiavellian metaphor for communication: using the Social Style Model to craft organizational messages / Jesse Leraas -- 21. Rather a prince than a magistrate be: a regional librarian's dilemma / Jorge Brown -- Pt 4 Political situation 22. Know yourself and your patron: process mapping and needs assessment / Todd Fenton -- 23. The accidental Machiavellian: strategic alignment between the university library and the teaching center / Cara Bradley -- 24. Slybrarianship: building alliances through user engagement and outreach -- 25. Leveraging acceditation to quell the two fears / Amy Pajewski -- 26. Political positioning / Eric Owen.
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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection Z 675 .U5 M324 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5121156

1. Introduction -- Pt 1 Character and behavior for princes 2. One Machiavellian librarian's path toward leadership / Christopher Shaffer -- 3. Weasels and honey badgers: networking for librarians / Andre J. Nault -- 4. Influence without authority: making fierce allies / Kacy L. Allgood -- 5. Prince or plebe?: success at all levels of the library hierarchy / Megan Hodge -- 6. Princely planning in a political environment / Maggie Farrell -- 7. Be an ironman at work: work with your strengths / Kristen Mastel -- Pt 2 New principalities 8. Mixed monarchies: expandind the library's sphere of influence to help student-athletes / Laura Francabandera -- 9. "To mold a new reality": strategies for leading change (and getting away with it) / Donna M. Braquet -- 10. Infiltrating the curriculum / Ken Bolton -- 11. Visualizing library space for constituents: a 3D representation of space changes in the Christopher Center Library at Valparaiso University / Bradford Lee Eden -- 12. A game of loans: promoting interlibrary loans / Joanne Percy -- 13. Certifiable: going rogue with non-library certifications / Kim Glover -- 14. Ambition, innovation, and tenacity / Leslie L. Morgan -- Pt 3 Types of armies 15. Communicating with the "prince" to win the war / Scott Shieldlower -- 16. Absens haeres non erit: being in the right place at the right time / Anne C. Barnhart -- 17. Taming the bureaucratic beast or: how we learned to stop stressing and take control of accreditation / Carolyn L. Burrell and Scott W. Lee -- 18. An army of one: the one in which the strength of school libraries ought to be measured / Tia Esposito and Anna Martinez -- 19. Breaking the mold: winning allies via self-discovery / Bern Mulligan and Benjamin Andrus -- 20. A Machiavellian metaphor for communication: using the Social Style Model to craft organizational messages / Jesse Leraas -- 21. Rather a prince than a magistrate be: a regional librarian's dilemma / Jorge Brown -- Pt 4 Political situation 22. Know yourself and your patron: process mapping and needs assessment / Todd Fenton -- 23. The accidental Machiavellian: strategic alignment between the university library and the teaching center / Cara Bradley -- 24. Slybrarianship: building alliances through user engagement and outreach -- 25. Leveraging acceditation to quell the two fears / Amy Pajewski -- 26. Political positioning / Eric Owen.

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