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The LITA Leadership Guide will help librarians at every level of the career ladder and will supplement leadership and skill-based training workshops. Library leadership teams interested in the development of their staff as a means of improving their organizational performance will find it to provide context for growth, training, and collaboration.
List of contents
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Part 1: Leadership
1 What it means to be a leader in academic libraries in the 21st century
Bradford Lee Eden
2 From a Transactional to Relational Model: Redefining Public Services via a Roving Pilot Program at the Georgia Tech Library
Emy Nelson Decker, Marlee Givens and Bruce Henson
3 Leading Changes in Library as an Architect of Technology Infrastructure
Hong Ma
Part 2: Entrepreneurship
4 The Entrepreneurial Spirit Lives in Librarians
Mary G. Scanlon & Michael A. Crumpton
5 The End of the World as We've Known It: Disruptive Innovation in an Academic Library
Rebecca Bichel and C. Heather Scalf
6 Creating Spaces for Innovation in the Workplace
Michael Rodriguez
Part 3: Technology
7 The Promise and Perils of Open-Source
Junior Tidal
8 Early Adoption, Early Abandonment: Parallel Problems in Promoting New Technology
Caitlin A. Bagley
9 A Model to Align Technology with Strategy and Structure in Academic Libraries
Harish Maringanti
About the author
Edited by Carl Antonucci and Sharon Clapp
Summary
The LITA Leadership Guide will help librarians at every level of the career ladder and will supplement leadership and skill-based training workshops. Library leadership teams interested in the development of their staff as a means of improving their organizational performance will find it to provide context for growth, training, and collaboration.
