Leadership for User Services in the Academic Library

Fore, Janet S.; Knight, R. Cecilia; Russell, Carrie

doi:10.1300/j111v19n03_07

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“…Staff from many units of the library participated in public service teams and discovered new skills and qualities they did not know they had. 16 Since the late 1990s, the increased use of the Web as an information source and as a platform for service has created further implications for reference services. Students rely on the Web for much of their research and it is a new challenge for librarians to guide students to reliable resources.…”

Section: Transformation Of Reference Servicesmentioning

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Collaborative Leadership: A Model for Reference Services

2014

Managing the Twenty-First Century Reference Department

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In 1991, Joseph C. Rost published Leadership for the 21st Century (Praeger) in which he presented a definition of leadership that focused on the influence relationship among leaders and followers rather than on the traits of the leader or the functions of leadership. Rost's model is useful for academic reference leaders who usually head a group of professionals who are involved in a variety of responsibilities that require them to be leaders. This article applies Rost's theories to academic reference leadership and explores a model that will provide for better job satisfaction for librarians and improved services to library users.

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Section: Transformation Of Reference Servicesmentioning

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Collaborative Leadership: A Model for Reference Services

2014

Managing the Twenty-First Century Reference Department

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“…But escalating costs and the decrease in the number of private, academic publishers to a few nearly monopolistic, high-priced firms "have forced libraries to adopt new philosophies of access to information rather than strive for self-sufficiency through ownership of information." 10 In the contest of access versus ownership, access has won.…”

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Libraries with a Future: How Are Academic Library Usage and Green Demands Changing Building Designs?

Loder

2010

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Support for the modular system of building construction, touted in the second half of the 20th century as the best basis for academic library building design, appears to be waning. A study of “green” libraries in 2008 revealed that not only has energy conservation become important, but that spaces designed for users rather than books have become paramount. The modular system worked particularly well for housing ever-expanding book collections, but collection growth is no longer a practical goal. Users want and need a greater variety of spaces, which purpose-built rooms are better at meeting.

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Access and ownership in the academic environment: One library's progress report

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Cochran

1994

The Journal of Academic Librarianship

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Leadership for User Services in the Academic Library

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Collaborative Leadership: A Model for Reference Services

Collaborative Leadership: A Model for Reference Services

Libraries with a Future: How Are Academic Library Usage and Green Demands Changing Building Designs?

Access and ownership in the academic environment: One library's progress report

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