Leading the Library (When You're Not in Charge)

Boatright, Beth

doi:10.1080/10691316.2015.1070702

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“…In an article by Boatright the observation is made that the best qualities a library employee can possess are leadership qualities. 9 This includes those employees who act as a leader and exert positive influence throughout their organization. Boatright blurs the lines between traditional follower roles and traditional leader roles by stating that "in a learning organization, followers must be willing to lead and leaders must be willing to follow."…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

A 360 Degree View: The Ideal Qualities of Library Leaders and Employees

Chow

Conte

2021

LLM

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The rapidly changing demands of library customers across different fields of librarianship mirrors that of general society. Are the qualities deemed important for these jobs five or ten years ago still deemed important today? Are these administrators and employees satisfied working in a field that requires such constant change and growth? Our study seeks to address these questions by providing further insight into what qualities library leaders look for in today’s library employees while also providing insight into what qualities library employees look for in today’s library leaders for a 360 degree view. Using a research study crosswalk, interview and survey questions were developed to ensure internal and construct validity and close alignment. The study’s total sample was 289 participants, which included interviews and an online survey completed by public, academic, school, and special libraries in North Carolina and a large public library system in Arizona. The authors found the following: 1) leaders are associated with creating vision, motivating staff, and driving an organization forward, 2) managers are associated with following operational procedures, being task-focused, and being approachable to staff, and 3) excellent library employees show initiative, are self-motivated, are passionate about the work, and demonstrate a willingness to learn new skills.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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A 360 Degree View: The Ideal Qualities of Library Leaders and Employees

Chow

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2021

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“…The participants considered that a visionary leader who competes with drastic changes and applies innovation to instantaneous demand of the profession. Visionary leadership is considered one of the core elements in librarianship to overcome the future challenges (Aslam 2018;Boatright 2015;Cromer 2009;Martin 2019). A library leader having a vision can perform better and provide quality services to the modern users through inculcating or casting the vision among the library staff.…”

Section: On Library Leadershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Academic library leaders’ conceptions of library leadership in Pakistan

Ashiq

Rehman

Batool

2019

MJLIS

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The aim of the study is to investigate the conceptions of academic library leaders' about library leadership, library management, the best attributes for academic library leaders and the ways to develop leadership skills. A qualitative approach was used and data were collected through in-depth interviews from 15 experienced academic library leaders in Pakistan. Phenomenology was used to explore the common conceptions of the participants about library leadership, library management, smart leaders' attributes and significant ways to develop leadership. Academic library leaders perceived that a library leader is all about being visionary and innovative, being bold, and being a knowledge worker. Majority of the participants differentiated between library leader and library manager however, others had similar conceptions about both roles. The best attributes of academic library leaders conceived by professionals are having a humanistic and charismatic personality, being a team leader, and having building relationship skills or social outreach. Humanist aspect of a leader prevails among participants' voices and this might be an addition to the existing literature. Continuous professional development, mentorship, and being in a competitive environment are the best ways for library leadership skills development. The study would be helpful for library leaders, university management, library associations and library schools in policy making and offering of professional training and education of library leaders.

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“…In "Leading the library (when you're not in charge)", Boatright (2015) expands upon the concept of the benefit to the individual outlined by Badia, and ties to the introductory section of this chapter by focusing on principles outlined by business and psychology. Boatright, as does this chapter, emphasizes the "theoretical concepts and practical ideas just waiting to be applied to librarianship" (p. 344), highlighting two of the most important: 1) Planning strategically and 2) managing projects.…”

Section: Librariesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using a “Project Management Mindset” as an Administrative Approach to Creating Workplace Efficiencies & Building Employee Leadership Skills

Johnson¹

2018

Advances in Library Administration and Organization

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Leading the Library (When You're Not in Charge)

Cited by 8 publications

References 11 publications

A 360 Degree View: The Ideal Qualities of Library Leaders and Employees

A 360 Degree View: The Ideal Qualities of Library Leaders and Employees

Academic library leaders’ conceptions of library leadership in Pakistan

Using a “Project Management Mindset” as an Administrative Approach to Creating Workplace Efficiencies & Building Employee Leadership Skills

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