A starter's guide for academic library leaders : advice in conversation

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Author:

Powers, Amanda Clay author

ISBN:

9780838919231

Publication:

Chicago : ALA editions, 2019.

Physical Description:

xviii, 190 pages ; 23 cm

Contents:

Chapter one. Making the leap / Amanda Clay Powers and Elaine Westbrooks -- Chapter two. Building effective teams / Martin Garnar and Lorelei Tanji -- Chapter three. Learning to lead and manage / Dustin Fife and Amy Kelly -- Chapter four. Maintaining personal values / Amanda Clay Powers and Faye A. Chadwell -- Chapter five. Institutional advocacy / Dustin Fife and Annie Bélanger -- Chapter six. Recruiting and retention: building a diverse team / Amanda Clay Powers, Martin Garnar, and Dustin Fife -- Chapter seven. Making hard decisions, having difficult conversations, and setting expectations / Dustin Fife and Lesli Baker -- Chapter eight. Managing mistakes and building on failure / Martin Garnar and Melissa De Santis -- Chapter nine. Creating a culture of change / Martin Garnar and Trevor A. Dawes -- Chapter ten. Professional development / Dustin Fife and Alexia Hudson-Ward -- Chapter eleven. Building, renovations, and facilities / Amanda Clay Powers and Krisellen Maloney -- Chapter twelve. Crisis management / Martin Garnar and Adriene Lim -- Chapter thirteen. Finding your role in the university / Dustin Fife and Carol Smith -- Chapter fourteen. Fundraising and development / Amanda Clay Powers and Yolanda Cooper -- Chapter fifteen. Developing and managing budgets / Martin Garnar and Maggie Farrell.

Abstract:

The path towards leadership starts with you. But you don't have to go it alone. For this book, the authors sat down with many of the library leaders they most admire for a series of conversations about the aspects of the job that they find the most fascinating (and challenging). Much like the chats you might have over coffee at a conference or with a mentor, these frank discussions will nourish you with nuts-and-bolts wisdom on a diverse range of academic library management issues. Between these covers you ll find guidance, ideas, and inspiration as you continue your leadership journey.

Subject Term:

Library administrators -- Interviews.

Library directors -- Interviews.

Library administration -- Decision making.

Academic librarians.

Leadership in education.

Local Subject:

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE COLLECTION

Added Author:

Fife, Dustin

Garnar, Martin

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balancing personal values against the common refrain "you don't get to be who you want to be in positions like ours"; five questions to ask that reveal much about organizational culture and climate; creating a culture of change, including why a newly promoted director chose to make the most drastic changes in the first 100 days; forming a "dean team" to help frame responses with consideration to institutional culture; the value of demystifying the budget for the entire library staff; using tools such as a personal "learning journal" to fuel professional development; cultivating a personal network by setting up meetings at local libraries during conferences; the risks that result from jumping into a situation too fast and boxing yourself into a corner; lessons learned from failed initiatives; examples of navigating controversies, such as a director's response to a WPA mural with a racist message; and managing facilities, with an example of how injecting a previously ignored library voice into a building project led to a tripling of the space.

Between these covers you'll find guidance, ideas, and inspiration as you continue your leadership journey.

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