Change Leadership for Library and Information Professionals: A Handbook by Roberts, Sue

Change Leadership for Library and Information Professionals: A Handbook (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781783307647)

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Format: Paperback
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Change Leadership for Library and Information Professionals: A Handbook by Roberts, Sue

Change Leadership for Library and Information Professionals: A Handbook

$83.99
Change Leadership for Library and Information Professionals: A Handbook by Roberts, Sue

Change Leadership for Library and Information Professionals: A Handbook

$83.99
Format: Paperback
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Library and information services have experienced various seismic changes over several decades as a result of global economic, societal, and generational change and ongoing technological advances and disruption. Responding to change successfully is vital to the future of the LIS sector and this guidebook provides in-depth advice on how leaders and managers can think about, respond to, lead, influence and create change successfully.

Drawing on theories, concepts, and models of change as well as international case studies and interviews, this practical guide offers ideas, tools, techniques, and examples to assist LIS professionals in navigating real life situations and challenge. Topics covered include

  • different types of change in the LIS sector;
  • proposing and securing support for change;
  • the psychology of change;
  • leadership styles and options for LIS leaders;
  • how to manage stakeholders;
  • creating and leading change and innovation; and
  • resilience, professional development, and recruiting change leaders.


Author: Sue Roberts,Caroline Williams
ISBN-10: 1783307641
ISBN-13: 9781783307647
Publisher: Facet Publishing
Language: English
Published: 03/25/2027
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d
By Sue Roberts
By Sue Roberts
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Sue Roberts is Director, Student and Scholarly Services, and previously University Librarian and Director, Libraries and Learning Services Te Tumu Herenga, at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Sue's leadership roles have included Dean of Learning Services at Edge Hill University, UK, University Librarian at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and CEO and State Librarian, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. She has previously published Managing Information Services and Leadership: The Challenge for the Information Profession.

Caroline Williams is University Librarian at the University of Queensland, Australia. She was previously Director of Libraries, Research and Learning Resources, at the University of Nottingham, UK, and the Deputy Director of Mimas, a national data centre at the University of Manchester, UK. She has published widely on library and information service management.

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