Making a Difference

Leadership is separate from, but integral to, management; and library directors today and for the foreseeable future can be expected to play an institutional role as they lead the library to contribute towards the mission of their college or university. Similarly, new courses in library leadership now accompany more traditional ones on managing organisations and information resources. However, much of the literature on library leadership represents a distilled application of principles and practices borrowed from other disciplines, with few reports of research from the library field. Conceived as a companion to "The Next Library Leadership" (Libraries Unlimited, 2003), "Making a Difference" includes not only a discussion of effective attributes, but of issues central to the development of leadership qualities, strategies, and dispositions. Essential reading for anyone interested in advancing the quality of leadership within the discipline of library and information science, particularly academic librarians in or aspiring to positions of "managerial leadership."

ISBN 1591582911   Pages 250 ISBN13 9781591582915 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher ABC-CLIO   Weight (grammes) 490 Imprint Libraries Unlimited Inc   Published in Englewood Format Hardback   Height (mm) 235 Publication date 30 Dec 2006   Width (mm) 155 Library of Congress 2006031713   Spine width (mm) 23 DEWEY 025.1977   Academic level Further/Higher education, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

1		Academic librarians today by Peter Hernon		1
2		The need for effective leadership is not lessening by Peter Hernon		11
3		The research literature on leadership by Nancy Rossiter		21
4		Global leadership by Nancy Rossiter		35
5		Modeling leadership theories by Joan K. Giesecke		49
6		The LIS leadership literature by Peter Hernon		61
7		Leaders in institutions of higher education : from Deans to presidents by Peter Hernon		69
8		Library directors' views on leadership by Camila A. Alire and Rush G. Miller and Steven Bell and Larry L. Hardesty and Terrence Mech and Thomas G. Kirk, Jr. and Mignon Adams and Sarah M. Pritchard		79
9		Leadership effectiveness by Nancy Rossiter		111
10		Team effectiveness and members as leaders by Elaine Martin		125
11		Gen-Xers and millenniais join the library express by Arthur P. Young		143
12		Diversity and leadership by Camila A. Alire		169
13		Ineffective (bad!) leadership by Donald E. Riggs		181
14		Assessing leadership skills by Nancy Kossiter		189
15		360-assessment by Peter Hernon and Nancy Rossiter		201
16		Preparing the next generation of directors and leaders by Nancy Rossiter		219
17		Managerial leadership as an area of doctoral study by Peter Hernon and Candy Schwartz and Caryn Anderson		229
18		Leadership in academic libraries is no fad by Peter Hernon		251