Leadership in Academic Libraries Today

Dr. Bradford Lee Eden is dean of library services at Valparaiso University. He is editor of OCLC Systems & Services: Digital Library Perspectives International and The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances, and is on the editorial boards of Library Hi Tech and The Journal of Film Music. He has recently been named associate editor/editor-designate of Library Leadership & Management, the journal of the Library Leadership & Management Association (LLAMA) within ALA. He is the author of FRBR: Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (2006), Information Organization Future for Libraries (2007), and The Associate University Librarian Handbook: A Resource Guide (Scarecrow Press, 2012).Jody Condit Fagan currently serves as director of scholarly content systems and associate professor at James Madison University. Jody is the editor of the Journal of Web Librarianship and has recently published two books, Comic Book Collections for Libraries with Bryan D. Fagan (2011), and Web Project Management for Academic Libraries (2009) with Jennifer A. Keach.

• Table of ContentsIntroductionPart One: Combining Theory and PracticeChapter 1 - Motivating Millennials: The Next Generation of LeadersJulie ArtmanChapter 2 - Positive Leadership in Libraries: The Rise of the Credible OptimistSusan E. ParkerChapter 3 - Leadership Capabilities in the Midst of Transition at the Harvard LibraryDeborah S. Garson and Debra WallacePart Two: Influencing Success: Women and Minorities in Leadership RolesChapter 4 - Mentoring Diverse Leaders in Academic LibrariesStarr HoffmanChapter 5 - Academic Library Leadership, Second-Wave Feminism and Twenty-First Century Humanism: Reflections on a Changing ProfessionMarta DeyrupPart Three - Applying current ideas in the business world to academic library settingsChapter 6 - Leadership and Value Co-Creation in Academic LibrariesMichael GermanoChapter 7 - Good to Great for Academic LibrariesDominique RobertsChapter 8 - Organizational Culture and Leadership: The Irresistible Force Versus the Immovable ObjectJason MartinPart Four – Case Studies of Successful Leadership Chapter 9 - The Entrepreneurial Leadership Turn in Higher Education: Agency and Institutional Logic in an Academic LibraryKristen E. Willmott, PhD and Andrew F. Wall, PhDChapter 10 - Marriage between Participatory Leadership and Action Research to Advocate Benefits Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered People: An Extended Human Rights Role for Library and Information ScienceBharat Mehra and Donna BraquetContributor Biographies

Upon initially glancing through this book, I immediately found the content valuable and engaging. This may sound a little extravagant, but let me explain. As the journal Editor of Library Management I have published a lot of articles dealing with library management. Library Management has published many excellent articles of good practice, excellent programmes, leadership ideas and ideals and ‘how we done it good’ articles. I do not mean to de-value any of this. But I have been yearning for something more. This book provides a link between theory and practice, between practice outside and within libraries, and other quite different perspectives on this profession and leadership. The early chapters provide a context in which practice is established and operated within a theoretical framework. The framework can provide a validation of the exercise, but can also provide an extension or re-working of that framework. . . .Every library should acquire this book and circulate it amongst their professional staff seeking ideas for local projects and practice. It will surely stimulate both and perhaps create more chapters for the extension of this very worthwhile tome.