Library and Information Studies Career Guide : Leadership and Management
Professional relationships & interpersonal skills
- The 360 Librarian: a Framework Integrating Mindfulness byISBN: 9780838989357Publication Date: 2019-12-01*Available as an e-book
Whether you are just beginning your career or are a seasoned professional, navigating the academic library workplace comes with inherent challenges. You have to understand the official and unofficial mission of the library and the organization of which it is a part, maneuver within the political landscape, mesh with colleagues' personalities and roles, and learn how to do your job well. The 360 Librarian defines a framework for practicing librarianship with critical reflection, mindfulness, and emotional intelligence. It can help you become more purposeful in your daily interactions with students, faculty, and staff, and create pathways to authentic engagement. An engaged library practice consists of continual give-and-take, careful assessment of yourself and others, and full-circle situational awareness. - Effective Difficult Conversations byCall Number: 023.9 Ef36ISBN: 9780838914953Publication Date: 2016-11-11This book will provide readers with a step-by-step process to gain the skills needed to have effective difficult conversations that hold themselves and others accountable. Activities throughout the book will encourage practicing skills to learn the concepts in more depth prior to an actual conversation. After reading this book, readers will be able to: Identify conversations that need their intervention in order to avoid unnecessary conversations, successfully prepare for and implement a difficult conversation in order to effectively manage change and handle personnel issues, understand the importance of follow up in order to effect change and hold employees accountable, and improve their ability to handle conflicts in the workplace.
Working with You Is Killing Me by Call Number: 650.13 C886wISBN: 9780446698498Publication Date: 2007-03-14For anyone trapped in an energy-zapping relationship with a co-worker, boss or subordinate, Crowley and Elster offer an exit strategy—a highly practical and easily implemented guide to making the situation workable. Looking at the workplace from every employee's perspective, Crowley, a Harvard-trained psychotherapist, and Elster, an entrepreneurial consultant, have created a book as valuable to readers on the top rungs of the corporate ladder as it is to those near
Overview
Resources on this page explore different aspects of managing and leading other people in information professions.
Management
- Lessons in Library Leadership byCall Number: 025.1 H128LISBN: 9780081005699Publication Date: 2016-03-11Lessons in Library Leadership: A Primer for Library Managers and Unit Leaders takes on the topic of management positions within libraries and how many of them are filled by candidates with no formalized training. This lack of preparation often leads to added stress as they scramble to learn how to lead, to formulate departmental goals, to conduct effective assessment, to think and plan strategically, to counsel employees, and much more. This book will serve equally as a primer for librarians new to management and those needing a refresher in basic management concepts. Seasoned managers may also look to this guide as a quick reference resource covering multiple management subjects. The contents of the monograph include basic concepts, real word examples/case studies, and bibliographic information for further management skill development.
- Library Management 101: A Practical Guide byCall Number: 025.1 V541L2ISBN: 9780838918630Publication Date: 2019-04-09Newly revised and updated, this book pulls together management best practices from library management experts teaching in LIS programs across the U.S. and Canada. Among the many topics discussed are classic and contemporary theories of management, and how they apply to the library; human resource planning; marketing and public relations; negotiations, mediation, and financial management of the library; facilities management; information technology management and future trends; change management, organizational culture; and ethics and confidentiality. In addition to providing students with a solid foundation in library management, with its structured, practical knowledge this impressive volume will also benefit experienced managers.
- Responding to Rapid Change in Libraries byCall Number: 027 R312rISBN: 9780838948354Publication Date: 2020-11-10In this book, noted speakers and consultants Bignoli and Stara speak directly to library directors, managers, administrators, and technology staff, offering concrete guidance on setting or resetting strategic priorities. Taking an interconnected and specific approach to planning for and strengthening the library environment as a whole, their book discusses why libraries should embrace change as a fundamental part of library life; explores how to harness rapid change to provide more responsive, user-centered library service; addresses the ways in which libraries straddle the physical and the digital, in areas such as service provision and collections, illuminating how they overlap and can be improved using similar philosophies; presents both a comprehensive overview of library technologies as well as related team and change management advice, all grounded in user experience principles; shows how the concepts of sustainability and flexibility apply to physical space planning and design, from furniture selection and arrangement to infrastructure; and provides sound guidance on project management, problem solving, preparing for future challenges, personal reflection and self-care, and other leadership topics.
Managing the One-Person Library by Call Number: 025.1 C788mISBN: 9781843346715Publication Date: 2014-12-18Discusses solo librarianship, and associated challenges including marketing, IT, professional development, cataloging, and staffing.
Leadership
- Choosing to Lead: The Motivational Factors of Underrepresented Minority Librarians in Higher Education byCall Number: 027.7092 C455ISBN: 9780838988886Publication Date: 2017-01-01*Also available as an e-book
This collection of essays offers considerably more than an academic look at leadership development strategies. The stories offered here provide authentic and personal views, from highly diverse perspectives, about why one might pursue management or leadership positions in LIS, the challenges that people from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups face when they attempt to enter that landscape, and practical strategies for developing oneself to ensure success. Further, the authors take a holistic approach to the topic, challenging the reader to consider how issues of self-development, self-reflection, and self-care should be intrinsic to this process. A deep understanding of how our multiple identities connect and must be nurtured will allow us to reach our full potential as leaders in the workplace, in the profession, and beyond - Bold minds: Library leadership in a time of disruption byISBN: 1783304537Publication Date: 2020*Available as an e-book
In Bold Minds: Library leadership in a time of diruption, leaders of many kinds of library come together to talk strategically, futuristically and courageously, confronting some of the key issues of our time to confront (some) popular opinions and political positions, and the fundamental question: are librarians and libraries relevant in the 21st Century?
Staff Development
- Developing Librarian Competencies for the Digital Age byCall Number: 025.04 D492ISBN: 9781442264434Publication Date: 2016-11-29*Also available as an e-book
Developing Librarian Competencies for the Digital Age explores questions such as: 1. What is the composition of a modern library collection? 2. Will that collection look different in the future? 3. What are the information sources and how do we manage those? 4. What are the technical skills needed for a 21st century librarian? 5. How will reference services change and adapt to embrace new ways to interact with library patrons or clients? 6. What kinds of library skills are needed for the librarian of today to grow and thrive, now and into the future? 7. How will service models change to existing clients and how will the model change going into the future of librarianship? 8. What kinds of budgeting challenges are there for libraries and the administrators who oversee these libraries? 9. What do the library professional organizations see as the core skills needed for new graduates and those practicing in the profession going into the future?