Welcome to the course "Library Administration and Management"! No matter what kind of library you work in, you will encounter management issues, even if you never get to supervise a unit or facility. This course will help you consider the major elements of these vital functions within the library. Then you will much better understand what you need to do, and what your supervisors are asking you to do.

The course is organized by "Modules", one for each week of the quarter, with all of the links for assignments that should be started that week listed in the order that I recommend you undertake them. Thus you can easily follow the logical organization of the course: just click on each link in order. A few of these will take to a longer-term task, but most are brief enough that you should be able to complete them within the week in which they are assigned.

If any difficulties arise, first try to find a solution by exploring the various help options. After you have looked for at least 15 minutes, then contact me [if the issue is with course content] or the IT Service Desk [if the issue is technology] for further assistance. Also you are welcome to post requests for help or further ideas on the Discussion Board "Help with This Week's Tasks".

Note: Sometimes in Canvas when you click on a link you will see a message like: "You are trying to launch insecure content from within a secure site (canvas). Some internet browsers may prevent this content from loading." This means that you will have to click on the grey bar below the message in order to see the external web page. I recommend right-clicking and opening the page in a new tab or window.

As you view the sections in each week's module, please open each one in order and follow the directions within.