Council On Library/Media Technicians
SUPERVISING: A BIBLIOGRAPHY
June 2003
Compiled by: Rita Gibson
- Allred, Carol B. "The Anatomy of Conflict: Some Thoughts on Managing Staff Conflict." In Law Library Staff Organization and Administration by Martha J. Dragich and Peter C. Schanck, Eds. Littleton, CO: Fred B. Rothman & Co., 1990: 141-166.
- Arnold, Kathy. "Motivating and Evaluating Staff." (2001?)
- http://www.libsci.sc.edu/bob/class/clis724/specialLibrariesHandbook/motivating.html
- [Accessed 21 May 2003]
- Bednar, Marie L., and Nancy Markle Stanley. "Hiring Tests for Technical Services Support Staff Positions." Technical Services Quarterly 11 (1993): 3-19.
- Belker, Loren B. The First-Time Manager. New York: American Management Association, 1993.
- Bramson, Robert M. Coping With Difficult People. New York: Dell, 1988.
- Buhler, Patricia. "Hiring the Right Person For the Job." Supervision 53 (July 1992): 21-23.
- Burleson, Clyde W. Effective Meetings: The Complete Guide. New York: Wiley, 1990.
- Carbone, Joe. "Keeping Peace on the Job." Supervisory Management 37 (December 1992): 3.
- Carr, Clay. The New Manager’s Survival Manual: All the Skills You Need For Success. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1989.
- Carter, Jaine. "How to Handle Disagreement." Management Solutions 32 (September 1987): 27-33.
- Carter, Janet Houser. "How to Cope With Angry Employees or Colleagues." Supervisory Management 36 (April 1991): 6-7.
- Chang, Richard Y., and Kevin R. Kehoe. Meetings That Work: A Practical Guide to Shorter More Productive Meetings. Irvine, CA: Richard Chang Associates, 1993.
- Cohen, Lucy R. "Creating a New Classification System For Technical and Supervisory Library Support Staff." Journal of Library Administration 10 (1989): 59-85.
- Creth, Sheila. "Conducting an Effective Employment Interview." Journal of Academic Librarianship 4 (November 1987): 356-360.
- Davis, Virginia L. "Selecting the Best Candidate Starts With Good Interviewing Skills." CPA Journal 56 (February 1986): 73-75.
- DeStephen, Dan. "Mediating Those Office Conflicts." Management Solutions 33 (March 1988): 4-10.
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Supervision. Des Moines, IA: American Media, 1993, videocassette.
- Giesecke, Joan, ed. Practical Help For New Supervisors. 3rd ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1997.
- Goodale, James G. Fine Art of Interviewing. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1982.
- Gothberg, Helen M. "Managing Difficult People, Patrons (And Others)." Reference Librarian 19 (1987): 269-283.
- Hensley, Tim. "The Policy Maelstrom: Implementing New Policies Effectively." Library Mosaics (March/April 2001): 14-15.
- Hernandez, Mary N. "Mentoring, Networking and Supervision: Parallelogram, Vortex, or Merging Point?" Reference Librarian (1994): 15-22.
- Hill, Linda A. Becoming a Manager: Mastery of a New Identity. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1992.
- "How to Get Bored With Conflict. Library Mosaics (January-February 2001): 28.
- Humphrey, Richard E. "AALL Baltimore Program Review of Taking a Step Back: How to Deal With Difficult and Demanding People." ORALL Newsletter (September 1997): 11.
- Imundo, Louis V. Effective Supervisor’s Handbook. New York: American Management Association, 1991.
- Johnson, Bruce S. "Supervision." In Law Library Staff Organization and Administration by Martha J. Dragich and Peter C. Schanck, Eds. Littleton, CO: Fred B. Rothman & Co., 1990: 167-184.
- King, Alice Gore. "How to Interview Job Applicants." Supervisory Management 31 (April 1986): 37-43.
- "Library Survival Guide: Managing the Problem Solution."Baltimore: Library Video Network, [no year available. Distributed by: ALA Video, Chicago, IL].
- Lippincott, Sharon M. Meetings Dos, Don’ts and Donuts: The Complete Handbook For Successful Meetings. Pittsburgh, PA: Lighthouse Point Press, 1994.
- Manley, Will. "The Golden Rule of Supervision." American Libraries (February 2002): 88
- Massey, Tinker. "What Your Staff Expects of You." Library Personnel News 8 (November/December 1994): 4-5.
- Pell, Arthur P. Supervisors Infobank: 1000 Quick Answers to Your Toughest Problems. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.
- Rae, Leslie. Let’s Have a Meeting: A Comprehensive Guide to Making Your Meetings Work. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.
- Raymond Walters College. Library Media Services Department. "Library Supervisory Skills." http://www.rwc.uc.edu/academic/libmedia/lt/web/lss01.html [Accessed 21 May 2003]
- Rogers, Michael. "How Do You Manage? Are Professionals Always Necessary?" Library Journal (June 1, 2000): 90.
- Rogus, Joseph R. "Supervisor Savvy: Strengthening Performance As a School Library Media Supervisor: Principles and Practices Underlying Successful Supervision." School Library Media Quarterly (Spring 1986): 133-137.
- Rooks, D.C. Motivating Today’s Library Staff: A Management Guide. New York: Oryx Press, 1988.
- Rubin, Richard. Hiring Library Employees. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1993.
- Schwartz, Andrew E. "How to Handle Conflict Between Employees." Supervisory Management 37 (June 1992): 9.
- Sharplin, Arthur R. et al. "Resolving Employee Conflict." Supervision 48 (June 1986): 3-6.
- Shelton, Marie M., and Laurie K. Bauer. Secrets of Highly Effective Meetings. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 1994.
- Sheppard, I. Thomas. "Managing Those You Don’t Like." Management Solutions 32 (September 1987): 34-36.
- Simmons, Annette. Territorial Games: Understanding and Ending Turf Wars at Work. New York: AMACOM, 1998.
- Stone, Florence, ed. The AMA Handbook of Supervisory Management. New York: American Management Association, 1989.
- Straub, Joseph T. "Dealing With Complainers, Whiners, and General Malcontents." Supervisory Management 37 (July 1992): 1-2.
- Swan, William S., and Phillip Margulies. How To Do a Superior Performance Appraisal. New York: Wiley, 1991.
- Tetterton, Shae Kristine. "Interviewing Potential Staff." http://www.libsci.sc.edu/bob/class/clis724/SpecialLibrariesHandbook/tetterton.htm [Accessed 21 May 2003]
- Trotta, Marcia. Successful Staff Development: A How-to-Do-It Manual. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1995.
- Wallace, V. Who Manages the Library: The Role of the Paraprofessional. London: The Library Association, 1992.
- Walton, Stephanie. "The Benefits of Supervising: The Unsung Role of Paralibrarians." Colorado Libraries 21 (Spring 1995): 42.
- Wanden, Joy A. "Making Meetings Matter!" Library Mosaics (July/August 2001): 8-12.
- Weiss, Donald H. "How to Deal With Unpleasant People Problems." Supervisory Management 37 (March 1992): 1-2.
- Weiss, Donald H. "Mediating Between Warring Employees." Supervisory Management 38 (December 1993): 3.
- White, Herbert S. "How to Cope With an Incompetent Supervisor." Canadian Library Journal 44 (December 1987): 381-384.
- Wilson, Robert F. Conducting Better Job Interviews. Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s Educational Series, 1991.
- Witkin, Chris. "Staff Selection, Hiring and Interviewing." http://www.libsci.sc.edu/bob/class/clis724/SpecialLibrariesHandbook/handbook.htm [Accessed 21 May 2003]
This bibliography is the work of Rita Gibson. Ms. Gibson is employed as the Access Services Technician (Circulation
Supervisor) at the State Law Library of Montana, Helena, MT. She has worked in both technical and public services divisions of 8 different academic, special and public libraries in
Montana and Texas. According to Ms. Gibson. she has been "in the business" for 20 years. In 1997 Ms. Gibson and her paraprofessional colleague, Barbara Pepper-Rotness (Montana State Library),
started Montana's paraprofessional organization, the Montana Library Paraprofessionals.
Supplements to the bibliography will be released periodically. For links to the updates, see menu below. To suggest resources for inclusion in future bibliographies or
to discuss this one, contact Rita Gibson at: rkgibson@hotmail.com .