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John J. Meier – College & Research Libraries, 2025
This paper presents the results of thirty-seven interviews, conducted with deans and university librarians at large, research institutions in the US, regarding how they practice inclusive leadership and develop future leaders from diverse backgrounds. A demographic survey shows this cohort has become increasingly representative of the profession…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Administrators, Inclusion
Hannah, Matthew; Heyns, Erla P.; Mulligan, Rikk – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2020
A paradox exists in the building and managing of digital scholarship centers in academic libraries. While imagined as collaborative library spaces, such centers often remain "siloed" or isolated from the subject specialists who work with departments to build collections, assess critical needs, and collaborate with faculty and students.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Scholarship, Information Technology
Irwin, Kathy M.; deVries, Susann – College & Research Libraries, 2019
Using a mixed-methods approach, the researchers explored the experiences of 108 academic librarians who served as interim library leaders at U.S. institutions of higher education between 2012 and 2017. Statistical analysis showed no associations between gender, type of institution, or degree-granting level with the duration of interim service or…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Administration, Leadership, Temporary Employment
Harland, Fiona; Stewart, Glenn; Bruce, Christine – College & Research Libraries, 2019
The current diversity and disparate needs of stakeholders present significant challenges to academic libraries globally. The constructivist grounded theory presented in this paper recognizes the guiding role of the library director in responding to this problem and the need for different strategic mechanisms for engagement with various stakeholder…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Stakeholders, Strategic Planning, Library Administration
Michalak, Russell; Rysavy, Monica D. T.; Dawes, Trevor A. – College & Research Libraries, 2019
In 2018, after a failed search for the Executive Director of the American Library Association (ALA), ALA members put forth a ballot initiative to determine whether the educational requirements for the position should be modified, in part, to expand the potential applicant pool. With this research, the authors examined if current ARL administrators…
Descriptors: Masters Degrees, Library Administration, Administrators, Administrator Qualifications
Harland, Fiona; Stewart, Glenn; Bruce, Christine – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2018
This article presents a substantive grounded theory that shows how senior library leaders can achieve the library's strategic alignment with the university. The theory suggests that increasing uncertainty causes the library's leadership to consider how the library's strategic contributions can support the university's core priorities while also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Strategic Planning, Academic Libraries, Universities
Abrams, Kimberly R. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2015
We have now reached a tipping point at which electronic resources comprise more than half of academic library budgets. Because of the increasing work associated with the ever-increasing number of e-resources, there is a trend to distribute work throughout the library even in the presence of an electronic resources department. In 2013, the author…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Administration, Electronic Libraries, Surveys
Sassen, Catherine; Wahl, Diane – College & Research Libraries, 2014
This study concerns administrative support provided to encourage the research and publishing activities of academic librarians working in Association of Research Libraries member libraries. Deans and directors of these libraries were asked to respond to an online survey concerning the support measures that their libraries provide, as well as their…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Research, Faculty Publishing
Brodsky, Marc; Hyde, Gene – Journal of Archival Organization, 2012
How have college and university-based archives and special collections fared over the past few years in the midst of an historically grim economic downturn? The authors conducted in-depth interviews with directors of 13 archival repositories at state universities and private colleges in the Appalachian region of Virginia, West Virginia, North…
Descriptors: Archives, Academic Libraries, Economic Climate, Interviews
Santos, Mary Jane – 1992
Professional librarians working in public libraries are generally evaluated in a number of ways, including standardized forms. By collecting and studying these forms, it was proposed that certain management traits and behaviors could be identified and compared. A total of 115 libraries serving municipalities with populations of more than 50,000…
Descriptors: Administrators, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Librarians
Wheelbarger, Johnny J.; Clouse, R. Wilburn – 1981
Legal questions, raised by recent developments in computerized networks and relating to censorship, liability, responsibility and other topics, were explored by means of a questionnaire sent to a selected group of librarians, network personnel, and others. Designed to collect information about existing laws and current problems, the questionnaire…
Descriptors: Administrators, Censorship, Computer Oriented Programs, Legal Problems
Ulmschneider, John – 1988
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions were surveyed by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) in the fall of 1987 to obtain information on their recruitment and hiring practices for top level library administrative positions, and to determine in what ways search procedures may have changed over the past 10 years in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrators, Employment Interviews, Evaluation Criteria
Melville, Annette – 1994
In 1992 the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) surveyed administrators in member libraries regarding resource strategies of the previous three years. This paper summarizes revenue activities, adaptive tactics, and budgetary practices reported by 87 Canadian, U.S. private, and U.S. public university libraries and establishes a baseline for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrators, Budgeting, Educational Finance