03599cam a22005897i 4500 9781003159155 FlBoTFG 20251030122229.0 m o d cr cnu---unuuu 221016t20232023enk ob 001 0 eng d OCoLC-P eng rda OCoLC-P 9781000798784 electronic book 100079878X electronic book 9781003159155 electronic book 100315915X electronic book 9781000798814 electronic book 100079881X electronic book 9780367747091 036774709X 9780367747107 0367747103 10.4324/9781003159155 doi (OCoLC)1347697005 (OCoLC-P)1347697005 Z682 .L53 2023 Z721 LAN 025010 bisacsh BUS 097000 bisacsh GL bicssc Libraries as dysfunctional organizations and workplaces / edited by Spencer Acadia. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023. ©2023 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Libraries as Dysfunctional Organizations and Workplaces expands the "dysfunctional" concept in the professional and academic LIS discourse by exposing the internal problematics of libraries, especially at the social and organizational levels. Including contributions written by LIS professionals and scholars, the book demonstrates that although many libraries do well at attending to users and managing external information they often fail at taking care of their own employees and addressing internal workplace issues. Acadia and the contributing authors explore the problem of dysfunctional libraries so that the LIS profession can come to terms with the systemic dysfunction in their institutions and begin solution-oriented progress toward new and sustainable functionality. The book analyzes the dysfunctional nature of modern libraries, while simultaneously proposing solutions to reduce and alleviate dysfunction. Through theory and application, it takes an explicit practice-based approach with the intent to inform and explain dysfunction as experienced in the library workplace at individual and structural levels and perspectives. Libraries as Dysfunctional Organizations and Workplaces brings the dysfunction discourse to the attention of LIS academics and scholars so that further theoretical and empirical research can proceed from and subsequently be addressed in library and information schools. The book will also be essential reading for librarians and LIS students currently working or preparing to work in public, college, and university libraries. OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record. Library personnel management. 92852 Library employees Job satisfaction. 92853 Organizational change. 57774 Libraries. 65490 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture bisacsh 57448 Acadia, Spencer, editor. 64525 Taylor & Francis https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003159155 OCLC metadata license agreement http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf E-Books 67409 67409