Making a Difference: Leadership and Academic Libraries

CONTENTS......Page 6
Illustrations......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 16
1 Academic Librarians Today......Page 18
Workforce......Page 19
Leadership Defined......Page 20
Academic Library Leaders......Page 21
Conclusion......Page 25
Notes......Page 26
2 The Need for Effective Leadership Is Not Lessening......Page 28
Some Key Challenges Facing Higher Education......Page 29
Academic Libraries......Page 30
Information Policy......Page 32
Nurturing Future Leaders......Page 33
Notes......Page 35
Leadership Characterizations......Page 38
The Body of Research......Page 46
Notes......Page 48
4 Global Leadership......Page 52
Leadership Styles......Page 53
The Universal Perspective......Page 55
The Culture-Specific Perspective......Page 56
Global Leadership Effectiveness and Emotional Intelligence......Page 59
Cultural Intelligence......Page 60
Figure 4.1 Model of Cross-Cultural Leadership Effectiveness......Page 61
Notes......Page 62
5 Modeling Leadership Theories......Page 66
Traditional Views of Leadership......Page 68
Twentieth-Century Theorists......Page 69
Figure 5.1 Leadership Models......Page 73
Leadership and Gender......Page 75
Notes......Page 76
6 The LIS Leadership Literature......Page 78
Research Literature......Page 79
Nonresearch Literature......Page 81
Notes......Page 83
7 Leaders in Institutions of Higher Education:From Deans to Presidents......Page 86
College and University Presidents......Page 87
Deans......Page 89
Leadership Attributes Appearing in Job Advertisements......Page 92
Notes......Page 93
8 Library Directors’ Views on Leadership......Page 96
Camila A. Alire, Dean Emeritus of University Libraries, University of New Mexico......Page 97
Rush G. Miller, Director, University Library System, University of Pittsburgh......Page 100
Steven Bell, Director of the Library, Philadelphia University......Page 103
Larry L. Hardesty, Interim University Librarian, Winona State University......Page 107
Terrence Mech, Director of the Library, King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, PA......Page 109
Thomas G. Kirk, Jr., Library Director and Coordinator of Information Services, Earlham College......Page 113
Mignon Adams, Director of Library and Information Services, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia......Page 117
Sarah M. Pritchard, University Librarian, Northwestern University......Page 121
Conclusion......Page 124
Notes......Page 125
Measures of Leadership Effectiveness......Page 128
Leadership Theories......Page 129
Leadership Behaviors......Page 133
Leadership Traits......Page 135
Other Leadership Behaviors......Page 136
Emotional Intelligence......Page 137
Notes......Page 139
10 Team Effectiveness and Members as Leaders......Page 142
Hackman’s Framework......Page 143
Figure 10.1 Hackman’s Conditions and Corresponding Questions......Page 145
Context......Page 147
Study Procedures......Page 149
Figure 10.3 Description of Pilot and Cases......Page 150
Conclusion......Page 157
Notes......Page 158
11 Gen-Xers and Millennials Join the Library Express......Page 160
Figure 11.2 New Generational Climate/ Leadership Imperatives......Page 181
Conclusion......Page 182
Notes......Page 183
12 Diversity and Leadership......Page 186
What Is Transformational Leadership?......Page 187
Libraries and Transformational Leadership......Page 188
Diversity and Transformational Leadership......Page 189
The Simmons Leadership Model for the Information Professions......Page 191
Conclusion......Page 195
Notes......Page 196
Differences between Leadership and Management......Page 198
Essentials of Effective (Good) Leadership......Page 199
Leadership Groups......Page 201
Picking a New Library Leader......Page 202
Followers......Page 203
Conclusion......Page 204
Notes......Page 205
Development of Leadership Skills......Page 206
Skills-Based Assessment Model......Page 207
Competency-Based Assessment Models......Page 210
Figure 14.1 Competency Model Decision Cycle......Page 211
Situational Leadership II Assessment Model......Page 213
Library Leadership Development Assessment......Page 214
Conclusion......Page 215
Notes......Page 216
15 360-Assessment......Page 218
Standardized Instruments and Software......Page 219
Developing a 360-Assessment for Library Leadership......Page 220
The Instrument......Page 225
Implementation Procedures......Page 231
Resonant Leadership......Page 232
Notes......Page 233
Who Will Lead Libraries?......Page 236
Hiring New Library Leaders......Page 237
Internship Programs......Page 238
Mentoring......Page 240
Challenge......Page 241
Conclusion......Page 242
Notes......Page 243
17 Managerial Leadership as an Area of Doctoral Study......Page 246
Managerial Leadership......Page 247
The Program......Page 248
Student Body......Page 250
Figure 17.1 Curriculum Model......Page 251
Outcomes and Their Assessment......Page 252
Conclusion......Page 266
Notes......Page 267
18 Leadership in Academic Libraries Is No Fad......Page 268
Work Setting......Page 269
Managerial Leadership......Page 270
Present and Future Challenges for Managerial Leadership......Page 274
Service Leadership......Page 276
Succession Management......Page 277
Baldrige National Quality Program......Page 278
Personality Traits......Page 279
Conclusion......Page 280
Notes......Page 281
Bibliography......Page 284
Index......Page 302
Figure 5.2 Blake and Mouton’s Leadership Grid......Page 74
Figure 7.1 Leadership Traits Appearing in Job Advertisements......Page 90
Figure 9.1 Model of Leadership Effectiveness......Page 138
Figure 10.2 Conceptualization of Study......Page 146
Figure 10.4 Characteristics of Effective Teams......Page 152
Figure 10.5 Barriers to Effective Teams......Page 154
Figure 10.6 Enhancements to Hackman’s Framework......Page 156
Figure 11.1 Intergenerational Clash Points......Page 163
Figure 12.1 Categories of Leadership Qualities, Traits, and Skills......Page 190
Figure 14.2 Leadership Maturity Model......Page 212
Figure 16.1 Sample Leadership Self-Assessment Exercise......Page 239
Figure 17.2 The Curriculum......Page 253
Figure 17.3 Leadership Model......Page 258
Figure 17.4 Oral Presentation Component of Communication Skills......Page 264
Figure 17.5 Leadership Competencies Assessment Form......Page 265
Figure 18.1 Depiction of Managerial Leadership......Page 271
Table 4.1 Cross-Cultural Leadership Differences......Page 58
Table 9.1 Leadership Effectiveness and Motivational Models......Page 130
Table 11.1 Attributes for ARL Library Directors—Combined Quartiles......Page 166
Table 11.2 Attributes for Non-ARL Academic Library Directors:Quartiles Based on Average Scores......Page 169
Table 11.3 Gen-X Attributes by Quartile......Page 171
Table 11.4 Analysis of Gen-X Attributes by Quartile......Page 173
Table 11.5 Gen-X Leadership Attributes Compared with Attributes for ARL and Non-ARL Library Directors......Page 177
Table 14.1 Measures of Leadership Skills......Page 208
Table 15.1 The Components of Emotional Intelligence......Page 222
Table 15.2 Emotional Intelligence Assessment Survey......Page 226