Lyndon Pugh

Lyndon Pugh, a consultant and trainer with three decades of experience as a librarian and library manager, offers a clear, concise, and effectively targeted overview of learning principles for those working in libraries. The table of contents effectively captures the spirit and content of the book by promising sections on learning, development, and the organization; self-development; and key techniques and issues. Well annotated philosophical discussions backed up by case studies provide the core of what Pugh offers here on a variety of topics including how to create a learning structure in libraries and manage learning in libraries; how staff members in libraries learn; and the role of coaching, mentoring, learning in teams, and motivation in creating a learning organization. The extensive bibliography is virtually a guide to best practices in the design of workplace learning and performance programs.… (meer)