Becoming a Library Leader: Seven Stages of Leadership Development for Academic Librarians

Writing for new librarians and information professionals or recent graduates from library and information schools, the Freedmans set out steps to becoming a leader in the profession. In sections on library organizations and academic culture, the seven stages of leadership development, and cultural intelligence and global leadership, they consider such aspects as new librarians' challenges and library leadership, organizational culture and library leadership, emotional intelligence and leadership, leading with intention, and what leaders really do: communication and change. Annotation ©2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Shin Freedman is Head of Scholarly Resources & Collections for the Whittemore Library at Framingham State University (FSU) in Massachusetts, where she specializes in scholarly resources and collections. She teaches information literacy and devotes herself to research and evaluation. Prior to FSU, she worked at Brown University Sciences and Medical Libraries. In 2015, she was appointed as a founding member of the Charleston Insights Editorial Board. In 2016, she received a Fulbright U.S. Lecturer Award to China and taught library and information science to Chinese graduate students in the Information Resources Department of the School of Public Affairs at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China. In addition, she was invited to give lectures and was a speaker at the Beijing Institute for Science and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Shanghai Normal University, Southwest University, Nanjing University, Tongji University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Hannam University in Korea. She also teaches professional communication in Beijing, China for FSU. She earned an MBA from Bentley University in Waltham, an MLS from Simmons University Graduate School of Library and Information Science in Boston, and a BA from Catholic University in Taegu, Korea.

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James M. Freedman specializes in developing leaders in multicultural organizations. With leadership development experience in Korea, China, and the Philippines, Jim has a unique perspective on helping leaders become more effective communicators. He is currently combining his consulting work with teaching professional communication in the Manning School of Management at University of Massachusetts–Lowell. He has also been a guest lecturer on the topic of leading multicultural organizations at Zhejiang University, Nanjing University, and Nanjing Normal University in Nanjing, China. He was the Vice President of Global Leadership Development for Fresenius Medical Care and most recently was responsible for developing leaders in the Asia-Pacific region. With an MBA from Bentley University, an undergraduate degree from Holy Cross, and his service as a US Peace Corps Volunteer in the Republic of Korea for which he is a recipient of the Van Fleet Award, Jim brings an unusually broad set of experiences to his work developing leaders.