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“Developing the Next Generation of Library Leaders provides myriad insights into the motivations, challenges, and pathways to leadership for those contemplating a move into hierarchical leadership.”
—From the Foreword by Mary Ann Mavrinac, MLS, EdD
The leadership and management skills and competencies needed to lead an academic library are not always limited to domain-based expertise developed in graduate school and honed over careers. Librarians in administrative positions, both within the organization and the greater university leadership structure, need to be entrepreneurial in their approach to leadership and become systems thinkers: consider the overarching structures in which they operate, identify collaborative opportunities to strengthen their organizations, and creatively lead bold change in order to keep their organizations relevant.
Developing the Next Generation of Library Leaders examines how the library profession can foster this skill development for new leaders through the leadership stories and development of twenty-two assistant/associate deans. Ten big ideas emerged through this research:
- Developing a career ladder
- Mitigating identity crisis
- Learning theory, applying to practice
- Support
- Find your people
- Leadership pause points
- Alternative leadership and management models
- Demystifying leadership and management
- Succession planning
- Battling gender-based doubts
Each of these ideas include questions as well as recommendations that, when taken together, offer a holistic approach to shrinking the leadership gap in our profession and preparing the next generation of library leaders to move the profession forward and meet the evolving challenges of higher education.
Foreword by Mary Ann Mavrinac, MLS, EdD
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Review of the Literature
- Demographics
- Core Competencies
- Career Pathways: Entering Leadership and Management Positions
- Skill Gaps
- Document Analysis
Chapter 2: Methods
- Limitations
Chapter 3: Personal Narrative
- Leadership
- Supervisory Experience
Chapter 4: Skill Development
- Anticipated Skills
- Skills Needed as Advanced in Career
- Gaining Skills
Chapter 5: Career Path
- Do-Over
- Most Influential Person
- Best Advice
- Motivation: First Management Position
- Motivation: Subsequent Leadership and Management Roles
Chapter 6: Developing the Next Generation of Library Leaders
- Lessons Learned
- Similarities and Differences in Career Paths
- Leadership Skill Development Opportunities
- Succession Planning
- Self-Identifying an Interest in Leadership and Management Skills Development
- Impact on the Organization
- Impact on the Profession
Chapter 7: Career Aspirations
- Motivation
Conclusion
Appendices
Endnotes
Bibliography
About the Author
Index