Academic Library Directors: A Managerial Role Profile

Mech, Terrence

doi:10.5860/crl_51_05_415

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“…these directors to 'tend to the library' and perform more as professional librarians than as managers. 3 Most of the other survey research done between 1985 and 1996 on librarian quali fications either focused on populations not useful for comparison to the popula tion of the current study or reported re sults from research conducted prior to 1985.…”

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Small College Library Directors: Getting in the Door and Surviving on the Job

O'Keeffe

1998

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This article reports findings from a 1996 survey that examined job preparedness of library directors at four-year colleges in twelve midwestern states. The survey measured: (1) qualifications possessed at the time each person obtained his or her first director’s position; and (2) the skills and abilities directors felt were essential to surviving and doing well in their positions. One hundred fifty-eight directors returned questionnaires for a response rate of 84 percent. Participants in the 1995–1996 College Library Director Mentor Program also supplied a list of essential skills for the first year in a new position.

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Small College Library Directors: Getting in the Door and Surviving on the Job

O'Keeffe

1998

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“…Doctoral institution directors spend less time on internal roles; baccalaureate institution directors spend more time with faculty and students and see technical skills as important to their jobs. (Mech, 1990;425) Library leaders interviewed for a book opined that leadership is not based on personal characteris tics. "Those persons who tend to do well in our field are able to get their work done through others and are able to keep focused on specific objectives and not get lost in the most current fad or the most popular direction.…”

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Leadership of Academic Libraries: A Literature Review

Weiner

2017

Educ. Lib.

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This review synthesizes what is known about the characteristics and leadership style of university librari ans and academic library directors. It is the leadership of the library that determines whether a philosophy and vision are articulated and to what extent they are implemented . Leadership influences a library's ef fectiveness, institutional role, and adaptability. Publications on recruitment, leadership potential identifica tion, career development, roles and responsibilities, and characteristics and management style were in cluded.

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“…Euster (1989) found that 23.8 percent of the ARL directors were female; Mech (1990 ) found that 30.6 percent of liberal arts college directors were female.…”

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Challenges That Academic Library Directors Are Experiencing as Perceived by Them and Their Supervisors

McElrath¹

2002

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The study examines perceptions of challenges reported by academic library directors and the chief academic officers to whom they report. Findings indicate that perceptions about user satisfaction were similar, that the challenge of serials was perceived to be the greatest challenge, that perceptions are related about the challenges of diversity and hardware, and that challenges of organizational change and crime in libraries appear to be influenced by age and length of tenure. Findings further indicate that training and the budget are related.

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Academic Library Directors: A Managerial Role Profile

Cited by 12 publications

References 7 publications

Small College Library Directors: Getting in the Door and Surviving on the Job

Small College Library Directors: Getting in the Door and Surviving on the Job

Leadership of Academic Libraries: A Literature Review

Challenges That Academic Library Directors Are Experiencing as Perceived by Them and Their Supervisors

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