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Library Leadership and Management

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  • Emergent Strategy to Build Transformative Library Teams

    This article explores the emergent strategy elements developed by adrienne maree brown in her book Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (2017) and their connection to library middle management. Built on a social justice framework, the...

  • Managing Multiple Campus Libraries

    In the past five years, the Penn State University Libraries (PSUL) have adopted a dual management style in several locations, assigning one Head Librarian to multiple campuses. The success of these arrangements is context-specific and contains benefits...

  • Collaborative Success

    This article delves into the concept and practical implementation of 'managing up' strategies by emphasizing the importance of aligning goals. It investigates the potent idea of integrating personal work objectives with the larger organizational vision...

  • Leading in Ambiguity

    Leading in ambiguity is an intrinsic but under-discussed role of a middle manager. Often, middle managers are dealing with personnel and operational situations in which there is no clear or obvious choice, no clear guidance, or no full understanding...

  • Managing without tenure

    This qualitative collective case study explores the experiences of six women middle managers in academic libraries who were promoted to leadership roles before achieving tenure. It examines how they balance faculty and managerial responsibilities,...
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Our community provides librarians and library staff from any positional level or library type who desire to impact the broader profession a space to connect around the fundamental proficiencies and knowledge necessary to lead a successful organization. We explore and develop members' skills to create an inspiring vision, motivate people, and manage complex projects. We also help connect larger theoretical constructs to real, practical experiences. Join a network of colleagues who understand and want to help each other succeed...because when we succeed, libraries succeed, and when libraries succeed, everyone benefits.