This essential, single-volume textbook supplies a comprehensive introduction to library management that addresses all the functions of management, specifically within the ever-evolving modern library environment.

• The latest edition of a best-selling core management text—now in its ninth edition—covering all the management functions of libraries and information centers

• Supplies new discussion topics, examples of management challenges, and case studies

• Provides a global perspective on library management

• Contains new discussion topics and case studies and offers supplementary online materials

• Includes "Chapter Takeaways," a list of topics that the reader should understand after reading the chapter; "Management on the Job" sections referencing a specific journal article that demonstrates the chapter topic; and "Talk about It" and "Practice Your Skills" segments that offer readers a chance to demonstrate what they are learning