The contemporary library and information services manager

Knight, Jennine

doi:10.1177/0266382108101308

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“…It is widely accepted that a traditional hierarchy or a bureaucratic style of management does not respond quickly to change nor encourages the participation of all staff in decision-making process. Therefore, a flatter management structure needs to replace any existing bureaucratic management structures (Handy, 1994;Drucker, 1998;Pugh, 2003;Kotter, 2007;Knight, 2009;Meier, 2016).…”

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Academic librarians as change champions: a framework for managing change

Knight

2017

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Purpose As is the case of all organizations, the academic library is a body reflecting the contribution of its core employees. As such, the roles performed by academic librarians are crucial to its development and existence. The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of academic librarians as change champions in an information age that has been, still is, and is expected to be continuously pervaded by varying and widespread changes in librarianship and scholarship coupled with the ever changing and expanding user needs and expectations. The paper also identifies a framework to perform this role. Design/methodology/approach This paper is informed by opinion and draws on relevant literature to highlight the current climate and what is being perceived as valuable to the future direction of academic libraries in order to bring credence to its trajectory. Findings Academic librarians must readily accept, be responsive to, and anticipate change to maintain and justify their relevance to stakeholders. Yet, anecdotal evidence suggests that not all librarians are prepared to embrace change. Practical implications Academic librarians must understand how their roles influence the decision-making processes of the stakeholders and vice versa. Originality/value The paper advances five principles or 5As to guide the change process in academic libraries: alignment, accountability, agility, accessibility, and assessment. Very briefly, it discusses the relevance of a concept referred to as the competition-collaboration continuum to further academic librarianship. These notions serve to assist academic librarians in determining the appropriate actions to be taken now.

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Academic librarians as change champions: a framework for managing change

Knight

2017

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“…A su vez, Meegan and Taylor (1997), Kitazawa and Osada (2012) y Song and Wang (2011), analizaron tanto la comprensión como la motivación de los empleados en términos relacionados con la gestión de calidad, a partir de diferentes satisfactores intrínsecos; la relación entre los estilos de gestión y desarrollo de capacidades, desde la gestión de grupos determinados por el nivel de interés y motivación de sus individuos; la utilización de la teoría de la motivación, permite explicar la percepción de los individuos en el tema de continuidad. Mientras que Linstead and Brewis (2007) y Knight (2009), se basaron en estudios, donde se analiza la esencia y el principio de ser de la motivación a partir de variables como la pasión y el conocimiento, que permiten un mejoramiento en el desempeño con base en diferentes motivadores consecuentes.…”

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Vigencia conceptual de los factores de la motivación: una perspectiva desde la teoría bifactorial propuesta por Hezberg

Albarracín

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Gómez

2018

Cuad. Latinoam. Adm.

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Este trabajo tiene como propósito analizar la vigencia conceptual sobre los factores de la motivación a partir de la teoría bifactorial propuesta por Herzberg and R. (1963) realizando un acercamiento en dichos factores y perspectivas que imperan en la actualidad; se utilizó como metodología el enfoque cualitativo con base en la revisión de literatura sistematizada desde la base de datos Scopus y el Scimago Journal Rank (SJR). Se observa el análisis de los resultados con base en la actualidad de las investigaciones y los factores de la motivación a partir de una caracterización de los artículos. Así se evidencio el estado de los factores en los últimos años y se encontró que este modelo conductista es vigente e influye en el desarrollo organizacional.

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“…For example, Cervone (1993) wrote about three major change models and incorporated elements of both project management and change management. Both change management and project management are also listed as competencies for librarians by number of sources (Canadian Association of Law Libraries [Association canadienne des bibliothe`ques de droit], 2015; Canadian Association of Research Libraries, 2010; Knight, 2009;Searle, 2011).…”

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Combining Project Management and Change Management for Project Success in Libraries

Fraser-Arnott¹

2018

Advances in Library Administration and Organization

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Purpose À The purpose of this chapter is to introduce library and information science professionals to the idea of combining the tools and techniques of project management and change management to support the success of their projects. Combining these two methodologies can assist professionals not only in carrying out their projects efficiently, helping them to meet project objectives, but can also increase the likelihood that their project objectives will be accepted by their organizations. Methodology/approach À This chapter provides an overview of project management and change management methodologies with numerous examples from academic and practitioner literature and supplements them with concrete, specific examples of how these tools and techniques were implemented in an information management project. Practical implications À This chapter contributes to the development of change management and project management competencies for librarians by providing explanations of project management and change management which include advice and evidence from the literature combined with examples of how these techniques and processes were applied in a library and

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The contemporary library and information services manager

Cited by 9 publications

References 2 publications

Academic librarians as change champions: a framework for managing change

Academic librarians as change champions: a framework for managing change

Vigencia conceptual de los factores de la motivación: una perspectiva desde la teoría bifactorial propuesta por Hezberg

Combining Project Management and Change Management for Project Success in Libraries

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