Barbara Allan is an author and trainer. Her background includes managing workplace and academic libraries. She has spent many years working in business schools where her focus was on enhancing learning, teaching and the student experience, and the internationalization and employability agendas. Her qualifications include a doctorate in education (on the topic of e-mentoring and women into leadership). She is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2008.Barbara is a Member of CILIP and the author of several Facet Publishing titles including, Emerging Strategies for Supporting Student Learning (2016), The No-nonsense Guide to Training in Libraries (2013), Supporting Research Students (2009) Project Management (2004) Supervising and Leading Teams in ILS (2006) and Blended Learning (2007).
'This book seeks to give a general grounding in project management from a practical point of view, with a particular focus on introducing, or re-introducing, the concepts, processes and challenges of the discipline in a fashion suitable for those taking on a project themselves for the first time, as well as those for whom the experience has become more routine... Given how well she has managed to cover the ground and balance the content, I hope the author felt justly proud at the conclusion of completing work on this book and celebrated in one or other fashion in line with her own advice.' -- Adrian Steel * Taylor & Francis Online * This book is apt for all LIS professionals at any level who are involved in projects (which is extremely likely) as it can be used for big or small projects alike. However, I feel that this book can be picked up by anyone really as some of the tips in there are useful for general project management too since it features similar cradle-to-grave techniques. -- Sadie-Jane Nunis * Good Reads *