INF515 Strategic Library Management (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Information Studies (INFST)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject provides an introduction to strategic library management in an environment of social and political change. Topics include service and staff evaluation, project management, financial management and marketing.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 2 | |
|---|---|
| Distance | Wagga Wagga | Session 3 |
| Distance | SPACE, University of Hong Kong |
| Distance | Wagga Wagga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: INF515
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- Be able to describe the principal components in developing a strategic plan and its relationship to the parent body and the political environment in which it operates;
- Be able to assess the longer term threats and opportunities developing in the library and information management areas and ways of managing these;
- Be able to develop project and operational plans linked to strategic directions;
- Be able to identify the principles of performance evaluation of library services and staff and its role in strategic library management;
- Be able to demonstrate the fundamentals of financial planning related to strategic directions;
- Be able to develop strategic marketing initiatives.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- The changing political and social environment in which libraries operate and the resultant pressures; - Managing the relationship with parent bodies; - Principal components of strategic planning, and related operational and project planning techniques; - Key performance indicators and their relationship with broader strategic planning outcomes; - Marketing and its strategic role in delivering targeted services for library users; - Financial management issues faced by not-for-profit organisations such as libraries and information centres.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.