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This much needed work addresses a topic of increasing importance and urgency: the shortage of individuals attracted to professional careers in librarianship, and the subsequent consequences for leadership positions, particularly library directorship. Through extensive interviews and a thorough review of the existing literature, the authors-all highly respected for their exceptional leadership and contributions to library science-assess what constitutes effective leadership and identify the traits needed by the next generation of academic and public library directors.
The authors argue that library directors must be both managers and leaders, and that LIS students and graduates need appropriate support in seeking out upper level positions and exercising leadership. They present tools for assessing leadership and suggest strategies that individuals can use to prepare themselves for leadership positions and the challenges that lie ahead. A detailed bibliography completes the work. An important contribution to the field of library and information science, this eye-opening study is essential reading for anyone in the profession.
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Peter Hernon is professor of library and information science at Simmons College, Boston, MA. He is the author of 50 books, including Library Unlimited's Viewing Library Metrics from Different Perspectives and Making a Difference: Leadership and Academic Libraries; and Praeger's Federal Information Policies in the 1990s: Views and Perspectives.
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According to the authors of this research study, the severe shortage of librarians will lead to a diminishing pool of individuals from which to draw library leaders. Based on surveys of current practitioners as well as reviews of related literature, the study predicts effective attributes of future library directors. Individual chapters discuss the leadership qualities required of library directors in general and qualities expected of Association of Research Libraries, Association of College and Research Libraries, and public library directors. Other chapters analyze and compare qualities and offer tools for assessing and acquiring the qualities. Numerous figures and tables are used to present data. The book offers important guidelines for current and aspiring directors as well as for students and new librarians preparing for leadership positions. RBB
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