Staff are the most important resource a library has to serve their community. Supporting and developing staff is a vital and difficult area of library management. The Library of Michigan’s collection holds titles on staff development, from onboard new staff to supporting staff during times of crisis. Please see below for some recent titles purchased and how to use the title.

• Cultivating civility : practical ways to improve a dysfunctional library / Jo Henry, Joe Eshleman, and Richard Moniz. ALA Editions, 2020. – LM Print Collection and Gale eBooks on MeL.
• Person-centered management in academic libraries / Dani Brecher Cook, Maoria J. Kirker, and Diann Smothers, editors. ALA Editions, 2025 – LM Print Collection
• A complete guide to training library staff : from onboarding to offboarding / Emily Leachman and A. Garrison Libby. Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited, 2025. – LM Print Collection
• Cultivating engaged staff : better management for better libraries / Margaret Zelman Law. Libraries Unlimited, 2017. – LM Print Collection
• Crash course in time management for library staff / Brenda Hough. Libraries Unlimited, 2018. – LM Print Collection
• Library volunteers : a practical guide for librarians / Allison Renner. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. – LM Print Collection
• Short-term staff, long-term benefits : making the most of interns, volunteers, student workers, and temporary staff in libraries / Nora J. Bird and Michael A. Crumpton, editors. Libraries Unlimited, 2018. – LM Print Collection
• Supervision and management : an introduction for support staff / Marie Keen Shaw, Hali R. Keeler. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. – LM Print Collection
• The Dysfunctional Library: Challenges and Solutions to Workplace Relationships / Jo Henry, Joe Eshleman, and Richard Moniz. ALA Editions, 2018. – LM Print Collection and Gale eBooks on MeL.

LM’s Library Science content can be found in three places:

1. LM’s Print Catalog
1. Search the LM Catalog at www.answercat.org and use “Library Science Collection” as one of the search terms in the Advanced Search – Notes field and you will pull only the library science collection titles.
2. MeLCat – Search for LM titles you have identified and order them OR you can contact the LM circulation desk for an Interloan request as well.
2. Gale eBooks on MeL! – Anyone can use the Gale eBooks collection on MeL.
1. Go to MeL.org, select eResources then the eResources by letter G. Under G you’ll see Gale eBooks with subjects linked on the left nav bar.
3. LM’s eBook Central Collection - If you have an LM library card, you can use our ProQuest eBook Central collection. You can request a card at Michigan.gov/librarycard.
1. Go directly to eBook Central collection at the Michigan.gov/LMdatabases page or search in ANSWER as the ProQuest titles show there as well.

The Library Science Collection at LM is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Have a title you’d like us to purchase? Let me know!

Karren Reish

Library Grants Coordinator

Library of Michigan

517-241-0021 / www.mi.gov/lsta

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