Browsing by Author "Stanley, Mary J."

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    Are There Weeds in Your Garden?--Can They Be Cultivated or Should They be Plucked?
    (Indiana Libraries, 2007) Stanley, Mary J.
    Organizations who are truly successful have high performing employees. Often in organizations, there are marginal or mediocre employees who are not problem employees but live on the edge of being productive. This article discusses how to handle or deal with these marginal employees.
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    Assessment in Social Work: A Bibliography
    (Indiana University Press, 2004) Vernon, Robert, 1947-; Stanley, Mary J.
    We have attempted to provide the reader with a basic bibliography that examines multiple dimensions of assessment. While no bibliography is ever comprehensive, these 270+ references may prove useful to the reader who wishes to further explore this literature.
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    Correction of Habits Through Management Principles
    (CIALSA, 1987-02) Stanley, Mary J.
    The author describes how one can change behavioral patterns through the theory of self-management principle set by Fred Luthan. She uses her own habit of procrastination of undesirable tasks as an example.
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    How 'Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm: The Problem of Retention
    (Indiana Libraries, 2008) Stanley, Mary J.
    The old song that was written in the wake of America's entry into World War I, "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?", speaks to the problem of keeping good employees. Libraries spend an enormous amount of time and money in the recruitment process to attract and hire talented professionals. Many of these same talented professionals move on to another position in a short time. This article looks at ways to retain and keep these individuals.
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    An HR Perspective: A Series on Management in Libraries -- Are There Weeds in Your Garden? Can They Be Cultivated or Should They be Plucked?
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2007) Stanley, Mary J.
    Comparing your organization to a garden may seem ludicrous but let’s take a closer look at your “garden.” When an organization is truly successful, every employee is a high performing individual. Unfortunately, most organizations have a few “weeds” and what happens when these are left unattended? The weeds in this instance aren’t the problem employees. Those you can handle through discipline procedures or termination. The weeds here blend in somewhat and aren’t as easily identified. They are the marginal or mediocre employees. By definition, marginal means “on the edge.” In organizational terms, marginal employees are those employees who live on the edge of “being productive." They exist because the organization has allowed them to do so.
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    Integrating Library Research Skills into the BSW Curriculum via E-Mail
    (Haworth Press, 1998) Folaron, Gail; Stanley, Mary J.
    Junior level social work students were found to have a limited understanding of, and familiarity with, library technology. A class listserv created to facilitate student discourse in Practice I was found to be a successful medium for integrating information on library skills and technology.
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    Organizational Change: A Work In Progress
    (inula notes (Indiana University Librarians Association), 1997-04) Minick, Mary Beth; Stanley, Mary J.
    A brief report of one academic library's move from a hierarchical organization to a team-based environment and the progress during the first year.
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    Preparation for Undergraduate Bibliographic Instruction: A Personal Experience
    (Indiana Libraries, 1988) Stanley, Mary J.
    Effective library use by students is one goal of most bibliographic instruction librarians. The content of bibliographic instruction varies between institutions and more importantly, between groups within the same institution. This article reminds us tht preparation for a library instruction class involves more than the "grabbing of materials" five minutes before the class arrives. The intent of this article is to share certain steps of preparatin for bibliographic instruction classes that this librarian has found useful and that can be used with any orientation class.
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    Taking time for the organization
    (C&RL News, 2001-10) Stanley, Mary J.
    This article describes how one University library transitioned into a team-based organization. As part of that transition, the library established what is known as "Organizational Weeks" set aside for staff development.
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    Where is the Diversity?
    (Library Administration & Management, 2007) Stanley, Mary J.
    This article relays the study done by one University Library on how minority students view the face of librarianship. The study focused on only African-American and Hispanic students and was conducted through focus groups. Focus groups sessons were also conducted with minority staff members and minority Library Science students. Interviews were also conducted with minority librarians in the University System. Results from all groups were similiar and conclusions were made that librarianship is not usually introduced to students as a potential career at either the high school or college level.