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Review Of Leading Dynamic Information Literacy Programs: Best Practices And Stories From Instruction Coordinators, Edited By Anne C. Behler, Amanda Dinscore
Review Of Leading Dynamic Information Literacy Programs: Best Practices And Stories From Instruction Coordinators, Edited By Anne C. Behler, Amanda Dinscore
Communications in Information Literacy
Review of Behler, A. C. (Ed.). (2023). Leading dynamic information literacy programs: Best practices and stories from instruction coordinators. Routledge.
What Works? What Doesn't Work? What Action Can We Take?, Jennifer Hughes, Michelle Lewis
What Works? What Doesn't Work? What Action Can We Take?, Jennifer Hughes, Michelle Lewis
South Carolina Libraries
This session demonstrated an effective and engaging exercise that empowers library staff to take action! Participants learned how to lead library strategic planning processes, change implementation, and assessment activities in a welcoming, non-intimidating manner that fosters an environment of ongoing collaboration, solutions-based results, reflection, and improvement.
Defining Archival Debt: Building New Futures For Archives, Jillian Cuellar, Audra Eagle Yun, Jennifer Meehan, Jessica Tai
Defining Archival Debt: Building New Futures For Archives, Jillian Cuellar, Audra Eagle Yun, Jennifer Meehan, Jessica Tai
Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies
As archivists surface and reckon with harmful theory and practice, how can we awaken to transcend past legacies? This article introduces and reflects on the concept of “archival debt,” defined as resources owed to address problematic legacy issues in an archival repository resulting from past practices, policies, and strategies that prioritized the protection and validation of institutions over democratic access and responsible stewardship. As a concept, archival debt amalgamates the myriad issues we now grapple with as a profession, including harmful or inadequate description, performative or competitive collecting, languishing backlogs, failure to recognize staff potential, shortsighted fund management, neglected constituencies, …
Big Data: What Is It And How Can Academic Libraries Use It?, Rachel Hooper
Big Data: What Is It And How Can Academic Libraries Use It?, Rachel Hooper
Alabama Libraries
No abstract provided.
Review Of Leading And Managing Archives And Manuscripts Program, Rory Grennan
Review Of Leading And Managing Archives And Manuscripts Program, Rory Grennan
Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies
Review of Leading and Managing Archives and Manuscripts Programs, edited by Peter Gottlieb and David W. Carmichael, examining the main topics of leadership and management of people in archival programs, its place in the archival literature, and its potential audience.
Review Of Leading And Managing Archives And Manuscript Programs, Maurice R. Blackson
Review Of Leading And Managing Archives And Manuscript Programs, Maurice R. Blackson
Journal of Western Archives
Review of Leading and Managing Archives and Manuscript Program.
Review Of Feminists Among Us: Resistance And Advocacy In Library Leadership, Jenny Gotwals
Review Of Feminists Among Us: Resistance And Advocacy In Library Leadership, Jenny Gotwals
Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies
The edited volume, Feminists Among Us: Resistance and Advocacy in Library Leadership, sets out to describe the practices of feminist library leaders, as well as to interrogate why library leadership in the United States and Canada is not more explicitly feminist. The volume succeeds by articulating and employing an expansive definition of feminism and feminist leadership.
Getting To Tier 1 By Revitalizing A Special Collections Program With Cultural Competence, Mark L. Shelstad
Getting To Tier 1 By Revitalizing A Special Collections Program With Cultural Competence, Mark L. Shelstad
Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies
Seeking to revitalize a special collections program at a Tier 1 aspirant university, the author introduced a variety of contemporary and innovative management strategies along with new outreach opportunities to demonstrate its value toward fulfilling the university's strategic plan. The revitalization efforts included creating a manuscript and rare book collection development policies that incorporated web harvesting, making connections with the community, and finding new audiences using social media. The dramatic increase in collection use and collaboration demonstrated the value of special collections to the community and the university.
Quincy Pugh Retiring After 42 Years Working In Public Libraries, Lisa Gieskes
Quincy Pugh Retiring After 42 Years Working In Public Libraries, Lisa Gieskes
South Carolina Libraries
Quincy Pugh, Film & Sound Manager of Richland Library, has announced that he is stepping down this summer. Pugh is Richland Library’s first film and sound librarian and he shares his vision for libraries.
Creative Use Of Library Skills In Campus Collaboration, Matthew Conner, Leah Plocharczyk
Creative Use Of Library Skills In Campus Collaboration, Matthew Conner, Leah Plocharczyk
Collaborative Librarianship
No abstract provided.
Gatekeeping In Crisis Communication: An Exploration Of Leadership In The Press Conference, Carrie A. Boettcher
Gatekeeping In Crisis Communication: An Exploration Of Leadership In The Press Conference, Carrie A. Boettcher
Proceedings from the Document Academy
Community leaders significantly influence the community's perception of and response to an emergency. This study explored the initial press conferences and communication efforts by community leaders as gatekeepers through an investigation of two large-scale disasters in the United States. Grounded in Patrick Wilson's call to a "reorientation toward the functional" and "to the point of the user," this study explores the initial communication efforts by Mayor Rudolf Giuliani immediately following the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001, and by Mayor Ray Nagin in response to landfall of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, …
The How And Why Of Mentoring, Alison H. Stankrauff, Tom Sommer, Michelle Ganz
The How And Why Of Mentoring, Alison H. Stankrauff, Tom Sommer, Michelle Ganz
Journal of Western Archives
Mentoring those in the archival field is critical to the development of any professional, or budding professional archivist. The mentoring relationship is one that has the potential to inform, nurture, encourage those on both sides of the relationship. This article explores that relationship and the frameworks that foster such mentoring programs. Discussed are mentoring to undergraduates, graduate archival program students, peer-to-peer mentoring of archivists at different institutions, as well as mentoring in the tenure process. This article is meant to be at once informative about such programs as well as offering guidance for those wanting to create a similar mentoring …
Rfp Development: Collaborative, Iterative And Empowering, Lori Bowen Ayre
Rfp Development: Collaborative, Iterative And Empowering, Lori Bowen Ayre
Collaborative Librarianship
No abstract provided.
Milestones In Collaboration, Ivan Gaetz
Milestones In Collaboration, Ivan Gaetz
Collaborative Librarianship
No abstract provided.
Collaborative Leadership, Nicole C. Engard
Collaborative Leadership, Nicole C. Engard
Collaborative Librarianship
No abstract provided.
The Importance Of Being Earnest: A Librarian's Approach To Academic Leadership, Susan G. Broome
The Importance Of Being Earnest: A Librarian's Approach To Academic Leadership, Susan G. Broome
Georgia Library Quarterly
When accepting universitywide leadership roles, academic librarians bring skills in partnering, administration and sharing information that can build trust, lead to informed decisions, promote good will and strengthen the organization. Service in this capacity requires an understanding of and an appreciation for the community that resides within the institution.
Mindful Leadership, Lyn Hopper
Mindful Leadership, Lyn Hopper
Georgia Library Quarterly
The author proposes mindful leadership for library officers and staff. She says that such leadership may be difficult to practice amid declining budgets but it is essential for effective leadership. She adds that psychologist Ellen Langer noted that job mindfulness boosts productivity, flexibility, leadership, innovation and job satisfaction. She claims that mindfulness originated from Buddhism by Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh to reduce stress and encourage healing.
Libraries And Sustainability In Developing Countries: Leadership Models Based On Three Successful Organizations, Athena Michael
Libraries And Sustainability In Developing Countries: Leadership Models Based On Three Successful Organizations, Athena Michael
Collaborative Librarianship
The purpose of this study is to examine leadership styles highly effective in building sustainable libraries in developing countries. The author studies the leadership of three organizations: Room to Read, Central Asia Institute (CAI), and the Hester J. Hodgdon (HJH) Libraries for All Program, each focusing to some extent on libraries and literacy in developing countries. Following a review of the history of sustainability in the library community, aspects of Andy Hargreaves’ and Dean Fink’s principles of sustainable leadership are referenced in an analysis of the leadership styles found in these organizations. The author concludes that, although Room to Read, …
Inside Ala's Emerging Leaders Program: How Gla Can Help You Get Involved, Sarah Steiner, Crystal Renfro
Inside Ala's Emerging Leaders Program: How Gla Can Help You Get Involved, Sarah Steiner, Crystal Renfro
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article presents information on the structure, content, goals and future of the Emerging Leaders program of the American Library Association (ALA). Library professionals are expected to participate in a year-long program that will build their burgeoning professional skills and help them to become more involved with the association. Participants of the programs are instructed in leadership, distance collaboration and the general structure of the ALA. The program is intended to have positive results for both participating librarians and the professional at large.
Twenty Professionals Selected For Pinnacle Class Of 2008
Twenty Professionals Selected For Pinnacle Class Of 2008
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article lists the selected participants for PINNACLE, the Public Library Institute for New and Creative Leadership Education, a new training program run by Georgia Public Library Service. The Carl Vinson Institute of Government helped design the curriculum and will lead the training.