Facilities Management

Introduction


This was something my interviewee talked a little bit about in the management interview because she was trying to manage an aging facility while getting ready to renovate for a new one. Due to my experience in my interview and my group project on managing disaster, I felt very comfortable with this unit. For without proper management of library facilities, then we are compromising both our physical and digital collections.

I did not include a lot of information about disaster planning in this unit because of my work in the group project.






Textbook Chapter


1. Gordon, Rachel Singer. 2005. The Accidental Library Manager. Medford, New Jersey: Information Today, Inc. 167-181. This chapter covers the basic tenants of effectively managing library facilities and technology to keep them in top condition. It stresses the importance of maintaining the library's physical facility and covers how to plan for adding physical collection to library floors using software like Libris.


Article from Prof Library Literature


1. Fleischer, S. Victor and Mark J. Heppner. "Disaster Planning for Libraries and Archives: What You Need to Know and How to Do It." Library and Archival Security 22, no. 2 (2009): 125-140. This article is meant to help librarians prepare for possible disasters which they could face in their library. Such disasters would have a direct impact not only on library services, but primarily on library facilities. I feel like being prepared for possible disaster in a library should be one of your main priorities as a manager, but maybe I believe that only because my boyfriend is an emergency manager?


Article from Prof Management Literature


1. Amaratunga, Dilanthi. "Assessment of facilities management performance." Property Management 18, no. 4 (2000): 258-266. This article discusses the central role that facilities management plays in business and how to evaluate it to ensure that it is fulfilling its intended purpose.


Examples of Library Policies and Procedures


1. EPA Library Facility Management Procedures- This document is from the Office of Environmental Protection. It's a great example of a book of facility management policies and procedures for libraries.


Other Resources


1. Library Workflow Redesign: Six Case Studies- Part of managing library facilities is managing the work flow of the library. This webpage gives great example for redesigning the work flow in any library.