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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786153603321

Autore

Mossop Stephen

Titolo

Achieving transformational change in academic libraries / / Stephen Mossop

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Chandos Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-78063-390-4

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix,197 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Chandos informational professional series

Gale eBooks

Chandos information professional series

Disciplina

027.7

Soggetti

Academic libraries

Organizational change

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190) and index.

Nota di contenuto

part 1. Transformational change: planning, processes and people -- part 2: Transformational change: case studies.

Sommario/riassunto

Academic libraries undergo episodes of strategic change. Transformational change may be seen as fundamentally different from other kinds of change. A part of this process is often deep level cultural change. At the individual level this may be traumatic, but at the strategic level, such change can prove essential.Achieving Transformational Change in Academic Libraries explores the purpose and nature of 'Transformational Change' and its exponents, and discusses the benefits and limitations of its place in an academic library setting. The title is divided into five chapters, covering: a