...Bruce Massis Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to emphasize that hiring a library employee in possession of a positive and winning attitude can pay enormous benefits for the organization far into the future. Design/methodology/approach – Literature review and commentary on this topic...

... the appropriate management literature and build upon the extensive management experience of the second author. Findings Ways to increase employee motivation including enriching the work experience, effective communication, appropriate incentives, and treating each employee as an individual. Sharing tasks...

... experiences. Findings The paper suggests ways on how to cope with the death of an employee. Originality/value No one expects to deal with the death of an employee but one should know how to deal with it should it occur. Make arrangements to cover the person's job responsibilities on a temporary...

... Publishing Limited 2008 Libraries Librarians Succession planning Employees Professional education United States of America Recently one of my Board members, Mary E. White, asked that I attend a workshop with her on succession planning. At first I was concerned – did she know something...

...John B. Harer Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate current practices in employee satisfaction assessment to determine if quality in the production of library services and work systems are being assessed from the employees' perspective. It is grounded in the theoretical perspective...

... is unusual and could result in significant time savings in the preparation of teaching material and enhancement of graduates' readiness for employment. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Information management Employees Graduates Skills Curricula United Kingdom The changing LIM...

... assault are rare, although verbal abuse is widespread and is generally tolerated by staff who regard it as “part of the job”. Outlines possible preventive measures to reduce the problem and improve the working environment with a particular emphasis on training and customer care initiatives. Employees...

... including gender, graduates and returners to work and on solutions proposed. Concludes that it will become that library schools reduce their drop‐out rates after if employers are to fill the posts which become available. Demographics Employees Information services Libraries Librarians FEATURES...

... countries. Concludes that it is not expected that a special library and archive with no loan facilities will be used by a great number of workers and employees and they see it as their duty to mount travelling exhibitions of some of the material in the collection. Archives Germany Libraries Special...