Leading in the New Academic Library
- ISBN-10
- 144085114X
- ISBN-13
- 9781440851148
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 195
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-05-31
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Authors
- Christine Avery, Diane Zabel, Becky Albitz
Description
Providing perspectives of practitioners who are early- and mid-career librarians as well as highly seasoned professionals, this book offers invaluable advice regarding leadership that will help academic librarians of all experience levels to surmount the confounding issues they face and to overcome new challenges. • Introduces academic librarians and students to key management issues and provides effective ways to address them • Demonstrates how qualities of leadership can be cultivated for career success • Provides up-to-date guidance on leadership skills as they apply in the academic library setting, skills which may not be covered in traditional textbooks for courses in library management and academic librarianship
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