TY - BOOK AU - Flaherty,Mary Grace TI - The library staff development handbook: how to maximize your library's most important resource T2 - Medical Library Association books SN - 9781442270350 PY - 2017///] CY - Lanham PB - Rowman & Littlefield KW - Library personnel management KW - Medical libraries KW - Personnel management N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Essential background -- Staffing and organizational planning -- Attracting the best and brightest -- Staff engagement : creating opportunities -- Staff development -- Staff evaluation -- Additional funding sources for staffing activities -- Going forward N2 - The Library Staff Development Handbook: How to Maximize Your Library's Most Important Resource provides practical tips, suggestions for resources, and concrete examples for addressing the multiple and varied aspects of staff development. From crafting a job description and recruiting, hiring, and retaining staff to progressive discipline, succession planning, continuing education, performance appraisals, and the importance of workplace fun, this handbook can serve as a companion for managers, supervisors, and library staff as they negotiate the challenging range of staffing issues and the opportunities they provide in the library setting. -- from back cover ER -