Change Leadership for Library and Information Professionals

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Sue Roberts is Director, Student and Scholarly Services, and previously University Librarian and Director, Libraries and Learning Services Te Tumu Herenga, at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Sue's leadership roles have included Dean of Learning Services at Edge Hill University, UK, University Librarian at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and CEO and State Librarian, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. She has previously published Managing Information Services and Leadership: The Challenge for the Information Profession.

Caroline Williams is University Librarian at the University of Queensland, Australia. She was previously Director of Libraries, Research and Learning Resources, at the University of Nottingham, UK, and the Deputy Director of Mimas, a national data centre at the University of Manchester, UK. She has published widely on library and information service management.

Klappentext

Library and information services have experienced various seismic changes over several decades as a result of global economic, societal, and generational change and ongoing technological advances and disruption. Responding to change successfully is vital to the future of the LIS sector and this guidebook provides in-depth advice on how leaders and managers can think about, respond to, lead, influence and create change successfully.

Drawing on theories, concepts, and models of change as well as international case studies and interviews, this practical guide offers ideas, tools, techniques, and examples to assist LIS professionals in navigating real life situations and challenge. Topics covered include

• different types of change in the LIS sector;
• proposing and securing support for change;
• the psychology of change;
• leadership styles and options for LIS leaders;
• how to manage stakeholders;
• creating and leading change and innovation; and
• resilience, professional development, and recruiting change leaders.

Inhalt

Introduction

Chapter 1: Context for LIS Change

Chapter 2: How to Think About Change

Chapter 3: Proposing and Securing Support for Change

Chapter 4: Politics and When Change is at Odds with LIS Values

Chapter 5: The Psychology of Change

Chapter 6: Self-leadership and Change

Chapter 7: Leading Others Within and Through Change

Chapter 8: Stakeholder Management and Change

Chapter 9: Creating and Leading Innovation

Chapter 10: Change Resilience and Leadership as Core LIS Capabilities