Library Management in Disruptive Times

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Skills and knowledge for an uncertain future

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Library Management in Disruptive Times explores the impact of digital disruption on traditional library models. This edited volume features insights from expert library leaders and educators worldwide, examining challenges and opportunities in various sectors and regions. Topics include leading change, management trends, user engagement, collaboration, economic impacts, agile management, professional associations' roles, skills development, and future planning. The book encourages viewing disruption as a chance to reshape librarianship for the future.
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This book is essential for current and aspiring library managers, directors, and professionals seeking to navigate and lead through evolving challenges in the library sector globally.

This book identifies the key skills and attitudes needed by the library leaders of today and tomorrow and delivers a balanced view of the future of the profession.

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Is the traditional library business model a victim of disruptive digital technologies? Library Management in Disruptive Times identifies the key skills and attitudes needed by the library leaders of today and tomorrow and delivers a balanced view of the future of the profession.

Contributed to by expert professional library leaders and educators from across the globe, this edited collection offers thought-provoking perspectives on the challenge of the current operating environment across a range of library sectors, library professional associations, and geographic regions. Each author brings their own particular area of expertise and perspective to consider the effects of disruptive change in libraries globally.

Key topics covered include:

Leading change
Management fads and their impact on libraries
User engagement
The value of collaboration and consortia
Library management and the global economic crisis
Agile management techniques
The role of professional associations in redefining the profession
Developing management skills on the job
Planning for the future

This dynamic collection helps readers to envision the purpose and value of future libraries and to see change as a rare opportunity to create truly new roles for librarians.

Readership: This will be essential reading for library managers, directors, and aspiring leaders throughout the world.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781783300211

Publisher: Facet Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 September 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Facet Publishing

Contributors:

Edited by Steve O’Connor

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 159.0mm

Height: 258.0mm

Weight: 127g

Pages: 224

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About the Author

Steve O’Connor is the Editor of the journal Library Management, Adjunct Professor at Charles Sturt University and the Director of Information Exponentials. He is the author of over 60 articles and a frequent presenter at international library and information management conferences and has conducted workshops on library futures and scenario planning across Australia and China, and in Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur.