Book Review
Nov. 11th, 2012 02:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariLibrary and Information Center Management
by Robert D. Stueart and Barbara B. Moran
This was the textbook for my Library Management class, and the book completely sucked. It's poorly written and clearly did not get the benefit of any real editing, which is surprising considering that it's the seventh edition. In one chapter, the authors mentioned adhering to an employee's "preferred preferences" for something or other. And then there was the chapter that was over thirty pages long yet managed to say just about nothing. The only things that made using this book bearable were the snarky comments the previous owner had made in the margins. I added several of my own for the benefit of the person who buys it from me.
As further evidence of how bad this book is... One of the authors is the retired former head of the Simmons College library school. Do they use this book in the management class there? No! (According to a friend of mine who is a recent alum)
by Robert D. Stueart and Barbara B. Moran
This was the textbook for my Library Management class, and the book completely sucked. It's poorly written and clearly did not get the benefit of any real editing, which is surprising considering that it's the seventh edition. In one chapter, the authors mentioned adhering to an employee's "preferred preferences" for something or other. And then there was the chapter that was over thirty pages long yet managed to say just about nothing. The only things that made using this book bearable were the snarky comments the previous owner had made in the margins. I added several of my own for the benefit of the person who buys it from me.
As further evidence of how bad this book is... One of the authors is the retired former head of the Simmons College library school. Do they use this book in the management class there? No! (According to a friend of mine who is a recent alum)
