Library Leadership in the United States and Europe: A Comparative Study of Academic and Public Libraries: Peter Hernon: Libraries Unlimited

Library Leadership in the United States and Europe

A Comparative Study of Academic and Public Libraries

Library Leadership in the United States and Europe

A Comparative Study of Academic and Public Libraries

Description

This book is the first to examine library and information science leadership in the United States and throughout Europe, providing a critical analysis and comparison of leadership in America versus in Europe and the United Kingdom.

Library Leadership in the United States and Europe: A Comparative Study of Academic and Public Libraries discusses prevalent leadership theories, practices, and literature, exploring issues with broad implications thematically and across different countries. After an introduction that overviews leadership, leadership theories, and influences of national culture and related concepts, the authors examine leadership in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe as a whole, and selected European countries, highlighting differences and shared characteristics. The latter half of the work focuses on selected themes such as management and accountability and discusses an international research agenda.

This unique book will appeal to a broad range of readers: school library educators and teachers of relevant classes dealing with change management, organizational development, international librarianship, and leadership; researchers in the areas of leadership and international librarianship; as well as LIS students in general.

Illustrations
Preface
Part I: Introduction
1 Leadership in Context: An Overview
Peter Hernon and Niels Ole Pors
Some Definitions of Leadership
Library Staff Perceptions of Leadership
Leadership Theories
Leadership Attributes
The Concept of National Culture
Key Literature
Concluding Thoughts
Notes
Part II: Overview of Leadership in the United States and Europe
2 Library Leadership in the United States
Peter Hernon
Cultures
Minority Leadership
Leadership Challenges
Leadership Development
The Coverage of Leadership in the Literature of Library and Information Science
Leadership Attributes Identified in the Literature of Library and Information Science
Concluding Thoughts
Notes
3 Leadership in Europe
Niels Ole Pors
Frameworks
Leadership in Selected Countries
Trust and Corruption
Concluding Thoughts
Notes
4 Library Leadership in Europe
Niels Ole Pors
Important Organizations and Associations
Library Leadership in Selected Countries
Concluding Thoughts
Notes
5 Leading Libraries through Cuts: A Perspective from the UK
Jennifer Rowley
Leadership Theories
Key Leadership Behaviors in Times of Austerity
Concluding Thoughts
Notes
6 The Danish Library Leadership Surveys, 2001–2007
Carl Gustav Johannsen
The Origins of Management and Leadership in the Danish Library Profession
The Emergence of Library Leaders and Leadership Surveys in 2001
Interpretations and Theoretical Perspectives
Does a Common Scandinavian Library Management Style Exist?
Concluding Thoughts
Notes
7 Similarities and Dissimilarities among Scandinavian Library Leaders and Managers
Ane Landøy and Angela Zetterlund
Methodology
Frame for Analyzing Library Leaders
Some Demographic Data about Scandinavian Library Leaders
Job Satisfaction, Interaction, and Processes
Processes and Structures
Norms and Values
External Integration and Outreach
Concluding Thoughts
Notes
Part III: Themes
8 Driving Forces
Niels Ole Pors and Peter Hernon
Some Driving Forces
A Rationalistic View of Managing Change Processes
Analyses of the Context
Leadership and Management
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Concluding Thoughts
Notes
9 Culture, Organizational Recipes, and Leadership in Libraries
Niels Ole Pors
Organizational Recipes
National Cultures and Information in the Form of Recipes
Organizational Cultures and the Adoptionand Interpretation of Recipes
Concluding Thoughts
Notes
10 Personality and Leadership
Niels Ole Pors
Personality
A Danish Study of Personality and Cultural Orientation in Public Libraries
Concluding Thoughts
Notes
11 Following the Leader
Peter Hernon
The Plan
Socialization
Professional Growth
Results
Concluding Thoughts
Notes
12 Library Impact and Outcomes Assessment
Peter Hernon and Niels Ole Pors
The United States
Europe
Leadership
Concluding Thoughts
Notes
Part IV: Conclusion
13 An International Research Agenda
Peter Hernon
Conceptual Framework
Topics Unrelated to the Conceptual Framework
Methodologies Used in the Study of Leadership
Concluding Thoughts
Notes
14 Leadership as Viewed across Countries
Peter Hernon and Niels Ole Pors
Leadership
State of Knowledge about Academic and Public Librarians as Leaders
Leadership as Viewed from the Context of National Cultures
Leadership Theories and Challenges
Change Management vs. Change Leadership
The Typical Study Highlighted in This Book
The Leadership Industry
Concluding Thoughts
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Editors and Contributors

Product details

Published	Jan 08 2013
Format	Paperback
Edition	1st
Extent	248
ISBN	9781610691260
Imprint	Libraries Unlimited
Dimensions	10 x 7 inches
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Interesting and informative. While it's a relatively short book at 219 pages, it packs in a wealth of information. . . . What is especially good about this book is that everyone can bene?t from it, not just managers. Anyone who leads a committee, team, project or other activity within the library can learn from this book. Leadership and management are not the same thing, and this book makes it clear. . . . Highly recommended for everyone.

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