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Insights Into Academic Librarian Leadership Using The Bolman And Deal Leadership Orientation Framework, Colleen T. Boff

University Libraries Faculty Publications

Are librarians prepared to lead academic libraries into the increasingly complex future of higher education? Results will be shared from a survey using the Bolman and Deal leadership orientation framework (1990, 1991, 1992, 2003) to explore how academic library leaders and managers in Ohio and Michigan prefer to interpret and solve problems. Consisting of four frames, librarians can view situations through a structural lens (involving policies, rules and organizational charts), a human resources lens (tending to the needs of employees), the political lens (competing for power and scarce resources) or the symbolic lens (storytelling, traditions and symbols). Research conducted in …

Insights Into Academic Librarian Leadership Using The Bolman And Deal Leadership Orientation Framework, Colleen Boff

Colleen T. Boff, Ed.D.

Leadership Styles And Job Productivity Of University Library Staff: Interrogating The Nexus, Chidi Deborah Segun-Adeniran

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The main objective of the study was to ascertain through existing literature the relationship between various existing leadership styles and the job productivity of university library staff. The library as an organisation in any institution is made up of different categories of individuals decked with diverse responsibilities which are all tailored towards providing the varying information needs of library clientele or users. This unique information providing organisation- the library, is headed by the University Librarian who makes use of preferable and suitable leadership skill(s) as the circumstances warrant, to drive the speedy achievement of laid down organisational goals and objective. …

Your Professional Brand, Jennifer A. Bartlett

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

This column discusses recent publications in the library literature on the topic of professional marketing and promotion in the context of defining and establishing personal brands.

A Phenomenological Study Exploring The Leadership Development Experiences Of Academic Research Library Leaders, Beth Mcneil

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Scholarship

This phenomenological study describes the leadership development experiences of academic librarians currently working in leadership roles in academic research libraries to discover their experiences of being a library leader and to explore how they describe their own leadership development. Study participants identified as having experienced positive leadership development experiences during their careers as academic research library leaders and were, at the time of this study, employed and actively working in leadership positions reporting directly to the head of their academic research library. The goal of this exploration was to understand what the academic library leaders had experienced, with regard to …

Know The Lingo: How Ilead Ohio Influenced Library Collaboration And Discovery For Patrons, Jessica Crossfield Mcintosh, Kirstin Krumsee, Julie Zaveloff, Derek Zoladz

Library Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to share the authors’ collective experiences of ILEAD, explore the mobile app (Know the Lingo) development process and inspire further use of the open access code. Libraries have changed over time, providing more and more access to information. Despite the goal of the library to serve as a provider of information resources, the authors’ classification systems, vocabulary and jargon can often alienate the majority of the users. The authors’ team, brought together by ILEAD Ohio, worked to determine a community need among the authors’ institutions, which led to the creation …

Blowing Our Own Horns: Library Marketing As An Essential Management Skill, Jennifer A. Bartlett

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

This New and Noteworthy review column presents a few recent, representative books and articles on library marketing and public relations, focusing on the importance of these areas in the library manager's skillset.

Keep It Green: Leading Sustainable And Successful Online Teams Presentation, Carrie Moran, Beth Williams, Heidi Steiner Burkhardt, John Jackson

Carrie Moran

Designing Job Descriptions For New Roles: Integrating Scholarly Communication And Information Literacy In Liaison Job Descriptions, Teresa Fishel, Julie Garrison, Philip Herold

Teresa A. Fishel

New roles for librarians, means new job descriptions. We will share the experiences of three institutions who have developed new job descriptions that incorporate responsibilities for integrating scholarly communication and information literacy. Librarians from three institutions that vary in size and type will report on how they have developed job descriptions and expectations for librarians in these areas and provide insights on issues for participants to consider before incorporating these changes in your own libraries. Learn about successful techniques as well as challenges faced when integrating these roles into responsibilities for academic librarians. Examples of job descriptions along with related …