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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787765403321

Autore

Düren Petra

Titolo

Leadership in academic and public libraries : a time of change / / Petra Duren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Chandos Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-78063-339-4

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 201 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Chandos information professional series

Gale eBooks

Chandos information professional series, , 2052-210X

Disciplina

025.1

025.1977

Soggetti

Academic libraries - Administration

Public libraries - Administration

Organizational change - Management

Leadership

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"ISSN: 2052-210X (print)."

"ISSN: 2052-2118 (online)."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part 1. Change management -- part 2. Change management in practice -- part 3. Change management and leadership.

Sommario/riassunto

In a time when libraries have to face constant change, this book provides examples and advises on how to lead when change is needed (for example, when quality management is implemented or when libraries have to merge or to relocate). Engaging with how constant change affects leadership in libraries and how leaders in libraries act in times of change, this book is aimed at practitioners and students of Library and Information Science (LIS) alike, and is based on both theory and expert interviews from leaders in academic and public libraries that are in the midst, or are now coming out of a proc