AUTHOR: G. Edward Evans
STARTED: April 4, 2012
FINISHED: April 26, 2012
PAGES: 293
GENRE: Library Science
FIRST SENTENCE: Performance appraisal (PA) is a fixture in management and a fact of life in the majority of libraries in the United States.
SUMMARY: [From Amazon] The performance appraisal (PA), though a fixture in management and a fact of life in most libraries, is still a universally dreaded part of library life. The PA is integral in salary and promotion decisions, personnel development, and institutional improvement. Evans divides his book into three parts: "Before You Begin," "Appraisal Methods You Can Use," and "Performance Appraisal Forms You Can Adapt." He covers library employees from faculty to library pages and office staff for all types of libraries. A detailed index provides additional access points. The companion CD contains selected sample forms in PDF and Microsoft Word formats for academic and public libraries plus instructions for raters. The useful references, tips, tables, checklists, and forms will help guide any library's PA process. Managers wanting to improve their workplace will want to study this new manual.
THOUGHTS: A very basic manual that covers what to review, how to review, why we review, yada yada yada. Considering I now have to conduct reviews, I consider this a good read. I wish it were a bit more library focused (outside of the forms), but it still provided decent information.
It was a rather blah read, but at least it was informative.
RATING: 5/10 [Meh.]
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