Hands On Training

Professional Certificate in Public Library Management

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Course Features

Duration

8 months

Delivery Method

Online

Available on

Limited Access

Accessibility

Desktop, Laptop

Language

English

Subtitles

English

Level

Beginner

Effort

3 hours per week

Teaching Type

Self Paced

Course Description

This Professional Certificate program is for you, whether you have a library science degree or are a director or manager in a public library. You’, along with our expert practitioners, will improve your skills in budgeting, finance, personnel diversity, identifying community need, strategic planning, managing marketing infrastructure, grant writing, and managing infrastructure.

You will learn the program through job-embedded assignments. This will make it relevant and help you to grow your skills. The Professional Certificate is awarded to those who successfully complete the program. This will prepare them for common management roles in public libraries’.

Course Overview

International Faculty

Post Course Interactions

Instructor-Moderated Discussions

Skills You Will Gain

What You Will Learn

Understand your community's wants and needs via various assessment tools and synthesize them into a plan

Be an effective fiscal steward via budgeting, long-term planning, and savvy financial practices

Gain an awareness of how to plan for maintenance, infrastructure, utilities, technology, and related expenses

Manage a thriving workforce via effective diversity practices, hiring, evaluation, and other personnel issues

Promote the work of the library through marketing and public relations practices

Expand the library's impact via effective grant writing and crowdfunding efforts

Course Content

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Module 1: Identifying Community Needs for Public Library Management

Module 2: Managing a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace for Public Libraries

Module 3: Personnel Management for Public Libraries

Module 4: Budgeting and Finance for Public Libraries

Course Instructors

Larry Neal

Director

Larry Neal is the director of the Clinton-Macomb Public Library a state-of-the-art district library serving over 170,000 residents in suburban Detroit. He has 35 years of public library experience, h...

Kristin Fontichiaro

Clinical Associate Professor

Kristin Fontichiaro is a clinical associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Information. She was a member of the inaugural class of Emerging Leaders from the American Library Associ...

Lionel P. Robert

Associate Professor of Information

Dr. Lionel P. Robert, Jr. is currently an Associate Professor of Information at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, School of Information where he was awarded the Carnegie Junior Faculty Developme...

Josie Barnes Parker

Director

Josie is an MLIS graduate of the UM School of Information and is currently Director of the Ann Arbor District Library in Michigan. She serves on the Governor's Commission for the Blind in Michigan an...