Dallas Public Library

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

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

The Machiavellian librarian

bibliography

864824570

edited by Melissa K. Aho and Erika Bennett

Chandos information professional series

winning allies, combating budget cuts, and influencing stakeholders

Do librarians rock the boat? Do they challenge those around them to win influence and advantage? Why is it that librarians are little found on the 'influence' grid of personality assessment tests? This book offers real life examples of librarians who use their knowledge and skill to project influence, and turn the tide in their, and their library's, favour. It offers first hand and clear examples to help librarians learn to use their influence effectively, for the betterment of their library and their career. Opening chapters cover visualizing data, as well as networking and strategic alignment. Following chapters discuss influence without authority-making fierce allies, communicating results in accessible language and user-centred planning. Closing chapters address using accreditation and regulation reporting to better position the library, as well as political positioning and outcome assessment

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