Table of Contents

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As well as the sections detailed below, each chapter contains hints and tips, exercises, and further reading.

0. Introduction
1. Project management (read it online!)

• What is a project?
• Finding project work
• Case study: Librarian to Project Manager (Annette Earl)
• Methodologies and tools
• Case study: the Blyton project (Hannah Green)

2. Teaching, training & communicating

• Effective communication
• Teaching and training
• Case study: how to run training sessions (Lisa Jeskins | full version)
• Further qualifications (includes vignettes from Lynne Meehan | full version and Edith Speller | full version )
• Case study: ALT games and learning (Rosie Jones)
• Case study: Rhymetime for everyone (Linsey Chrisman)
• Presenting to professional peers
• Case study: how to make your first presentation a winning one (Bronagh McCrudden)
• Case study: how to write for publication (Jo Alcock)

3. Meeting your users needs and measuring success

• Case study: the SLA Alignment Project (Amy Affelt)
• Case study: evaluating the impact of your library (David Streatfield)
• Encouraging user participation
• Evidence-gathering tools

4. Marketing your service and engaging stakeholders

• What is marketing?
• Plan your marketing
• Case study: identifying and working with stakeholders (Michael Stead)
• Case study: creating customer-friendly e-reader experiences (Alison Circle)
• Case study: embedded librarianship (Reece Dano)

5. Utilising technologies

• The move towards automation
• Case study: how to become a zen master of technology (Bohyun Kim)
• Case study: I, Shambrarian (Lukas Koster | full version)
• Technology for the non-technical
• Case study: introduction to sustainable digital preservation (Beccy Shipman)
• Repositories

6. Getting and staying online

• Case study: interoperability and sustainability (Jane Stevenson)
• Case study: social media in the big city (Sue Lawson)
• Case study: Deseronto Archives (Amanda Hill)
• Social media tools

7. Generating funding and doing more with less

• Demonstrating value
• Finding more funding
• Case study: how to identify funding sources (Caroline Williams)
• Case study: the Big Lottery Award: Luton’s experience (Fiona Marriott)
• Case study: Veria Public Library (Ioannis Trohopoulos, Dimitris Protopsaltou, and Dick Hartley)

8. Managing money – budgets & negotiating

• Budgets
• Case study: how to manage your budget (Laura Wilkinson)
• Negotiating
• Case study: consortia and negoatiating (Michael Stead)

9. Information ethics and copyright

• Case study: an introduction to information ethics (David McMenemy)
• Case study: how to start out in copyright (Emily Goodhand)
• Case study: copyright in archives (Tim Padfield)

10. Up-skilling and professional development

• Case study: how to assess yourself (Deborah Dalley | full version)
• Bodies of professional knowledge
• Case study: SLA’s Competencies for Information Professionals of the 21st Century (Dee Magnoni)
• Case study: CPD on a shoestring (Laura Woods)
• Case study: how to get the most out of training and development (Gil Young)
• Case study: long-distance mentoring (Emily Hopkins)
• Case study: how to be a mentor (Jenica Rogers)

11. Networking and promoting yourself

• Case study: personal branding (Kathy Ennis)
• Case study: how to build your information professional brand (Ned Potter)
• Networking
• Case study: professional networking (Maria Cotera)
• Case study: solo librarian, Cafcass (Jo Wood)
• Case study: solo records manager, TWI (Lee Pretlove)

12. Professional involvement & career development

• Conferences
• Case study: how to write a successful conference proposal (Chris Rhodes)
• Case study: how to work an exhibition stand (Lisa Charnock)
• Case study: how to apply for awards (Laura Woods)
• Unconferences
• Case study: professional involvement for personal development (Lauren Smith)
• Case study: joining a professional organisation (Fiona Bradley)
• Other professional involvement (includes vignettes from Sarah Wachter | full version and Rebecca Goldman)
• Case study: tips for career planning success (Sarah Johnson)
• Top tips for CV and interview success (Suzanne Wheatley | full version)
• How did we get here? (includes vignettes from Maria Robertson | full version, Linda Butt | full version, and Aileen Marshall | full version)

Conclusion