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Powers, Amanda Clay; Garnar, Martin; Fife, Dustin – ALA Editions, 2019
The path towards leadership starts with you. But you don't have to go it alone. For this book, the authors sat down with many of the library leaders they most admire for a series of conversations about the aspects of the job that they find the most fascinating (and challenging). Much like the chats you might have over coffee at a conference or…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Administration, Leadership, Organizational Culture
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Atkinson, Jeremy – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2017
The paper proposes and describes a framework for academic library quality to be used by new and more experienced library practitioners and by others involved in considering the quality of academic libraries' services and provision. The framework consists of eight themes and a number of questions to examine within each theme. The framework was…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Quality Assurance, Models
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Evans, G. R. – Higher Education Review, 2013
This article explores recent developments in national policy for academic libraries. It considers the shift from traditional to managerial academic librarianship; the move to "social space" and multi-use systems; changes in the balance between meeting teaching and research needs and in public funding priorities; the difficulty of making…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Science, Public Policy, Change
Marek, Kate – ALA Editions, 2011
Just as literature can be used for learning, the power of storytelling can be very effective when applied to leadership and management. Library expert and author Marek shows readers how they can use storytelling to communicate vision and values with: (1) A primer on how to develop storytelling skills; (2) Tips on how to use narratives to navigate…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Library Administration, Leadership Effectiveness, Library Facilities
Dickinson, Gail K. – Library Media Connection, 2009
When American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) "Standards for the 21st Century Learner" were released in late 2007, librarians rushed to incorporate them in curricula at the local and state level and in existing lessons. After an initial frenzy of simply replacing old learning objectives with new ones, the field settled into the task of…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Guidelines, Librarians, Change
Tennant, Roy – Library Journal, 2007
In this article, the author talks about how to face the not knowing and offers a strategy to fill the gap of not knowing. In coping with constant change, he describes a strategy for library staff that might help in the absence of certainty. This includes: (a) guarding the data with one's life; (b) build not for longevity, but obsolescence; (c)…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Libraries, Library Automation, Change
Breaux, Ann-Marie; Dawson, Laura – Library Journal, 2006
The most elemental identifier of a book is the international standard book number (ISBN). It allows publishers, booksellers, and libraries to label works in a consistent way and to distinguish not only among different titles but also among different versions of the same title, such as newer editions, various bindings, audio products, and…
Descriptors: Vendors, Libraries, Publishing Industry, Books
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Collier, Mel – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2006
Purpose: This paper sets out to review how the business of libraries in higher education has changed with the impact of the digital library during the latest decade of Program, in which the content of the journal swung decisively from being primarily about library management systems to primarily being about digital library issues.…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Academic Libraries, Change, Periodicals