Leading in the New Academic Library (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Albitz, Becky; Zabel, Diane; Avery, Christine

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Providing perspectives of early- and mid-career librarians as well as highly seasoned professionals, this book offers leadership advice that will help academic librarians of all experience levels to surmount the issues they face and overcome new challenges. Academic libraries and librarianship have dramatically evolved in recent years-in everything from their collections and facilities to their relationships with faculty and internal and external partners. These changes demand different mindsets and new skills on the part of librarians. This book explains how the quality of leadership is the key component of successfully implementing innovative service and practices-and as a result, of the success of the library itself. To that end, it offers practical guidelines for implementing leadership principles and achieving success in this evolving culture. Coedited by a team of three highly experienced academic librarians, Leading in the New Academic Library gives actionable advice regarding subjects like helping staff gain new competencies, leading from the middle, and succession planning. The content also addresses hot topics such as the academic library's new role, the integration of IT into library organization and infrastructure, making data-driven decisions, renovating a library space to meet changing user needs, and collaborating with internal as well as external partners.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781440851148
• Artikelnr.: 68184068

Autorenporträt

Becky Albitz, MLS, EdD, is director of the James A. Cannavino Library at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY. Christine Avery is senior director of Commonwealth Campus Libraries and Strategic Projects, The University Libraries, Penn State University. Diane Zabel is the Benzak Business Librarian and head of the Schreyer Business Library at Penn State University.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction Becky Albitz, Christine Avery, and
Diane Zabel PART I--CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Chapter 1: The Academic
Library's New Role Robert E. Fox Jr. Chapter 2: Libraries and IT: The
Merged Road Ahead Christina Bell and Andrew W. White Chapter 3: Data-Driven
Decision Making David McCaslin Chapter 4: Academic Libraries Reimagined:
How Facilities are Changing to Support New Services Joseph Fennewald
Chapter 5: Renovating an Entire Library to Meet the Changing Needs of Users
David Pilachowski Chapter 6: The Inmates are Running (Parts Of) the Asylum:
New Roles and Opportunities for Support Staff in Academic Libraries J.
Christopher Holobar and James A. Jamison Chapter 7: The Generalist in the
Small College Library Ana Noriega Chapter 8: New Ways of Working: Flexible
Work Arrangements in Academic Libraries Lauren Reiter and Diane Zabel
Chapter 9: Better Together: Cultivating Library-Campus Collaborations
Harriet Lightman and Marianne Ryan Chapter 10: Strategic Collaboration: If
You Want to Go Far, Go Together Barbara I. Dewey PART II-LEADERSHIP IN THE
FACE OF TRANSFORMATION Chapter 11: Looking Behind the Curtain: Perspectives
of an Executive Search Consultant Matt Bunting Chapter 12: Leadership
Development for Early Career Librarians Mark A. Puente Chapter 13:
Establishing the Diversity Alliance: Recruiting, Retaining, and Developing
Librarians from Underrepresented Groups Jon E. Cawthorne, Lori Hostuttler,
Martha Yancey, Ashleigh D. Coren, Lisette Hernández, and Chanelle Pickens
Chapter 14: Leading from the Middle and Moving Up-Advice for Mid-Career
Librarians Who Want to Move Up the Organization Pixey Anne Mosley Chapter
15: Leading from the Middle: Mid-Career Librarians Who Step in to Take
Charge as Needed Jennie Levine Knies Chapter 16: Leading for Your
Replacement-Succession Planning Anne Langley Index About the Editors and
Contributors