Making A Difference: Leadership And Academic Libraries [Paperback]

Leadership is separate from, but integral to, management; and library directors today and for the foreseeable future can be expected to play an institutional role as they lead the library to contribute towards the mission of their college and university. Similarly, new courses in library leadership now accompany more traditional ones on managing organizations and information resources. However, much of the literature on LIS leadership represents a distilled application of principles and practices borrowed from other disciplines, with few reports of research from the library field. Conceived as a companion toThe Next Library Leadership(Libraries Unlimited, 2003),Making a Differenceincludes not only a discussion of effective attributes, but of issues central to the development of leadership qualities, strategies, and dispositions. Essential reading for anyone interested in advancing the quality of leadership within LIS, particularly academic librarians in or aspiring to positions of managerial leadership.

Peter Hernonis professor at Simmons College, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, where he teaches courses on government information policy and resources, evaluation of information services, research methods, and academic librarianship. He received his PhD from Indiana University and has taught at Simmons College, the University of Arizona, and Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is coeditor ofLibrary & Information Science Research, founding editor ofGovernment Information Quarterly, and for nine years, been editor ofThe Journal of Academic Librarianship. He is the author of more than 240 publications, 44 of which are books. Among these areOutcomes Assessment in Higher Education(Libraries Unlimited, 2004),The Next Library Leadership(Libraries Unlimited, 2002).

Nancy Rossiteris an assistant professor at Simmons College, Graduate School of Library and Information Scienlã1