Fully a third of all library supervisors are 'managing in the middle': reporting to top-level managers while managing teams of peers or paraprofessional staff in some capacity. This handbook is here to assist middle managers navigate their way through the challenges of multi-tasking and continual gear-shifting.

International librarianship stems from a desire to bring about political change, transcultural understanding, collaboration, and mutual respect. Historically, librarians have been deeply involved with challenging issues of information sharing, equity in information access, and bridging the digital divide between different socioeconomic communities. This collection draws on case studies from American librarians who traveled to Central America, the Caribbean, Central Europe, Africa, the Mediterranean, and Asia to participate in librarian-initiated and sponsored projects. They united...