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LIBRARIANSHIP: PHILOSOPHY, VALUES, AND ISSUES

Mastering Subject Leadership for Practical Strategies
Specialties the 21st Century for Academic Library

Practical Advice ANN E. PRENTICE Managers
from the Field Leading with Vision
KAREN SOBEL, EDITOR through All Levels

FRANCES C. WILKINSON AND
REBECCA L. LUBAS, EDITORS
FOREWORD BY MAUREEN SULLIVAN

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Those interested in library
—Library Journal, September 1, 2016 timely topics such as the importance management or newly thrust
of diversity, the role of social media in into a library management role
Covering the most common subject 21st-century leadership, and how to
specialties and departmental liaison pass a leadership role on to another. will benefit from the sound,
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this guide is for early- and mid- only on what constitutes successful ”
career librarians looking to move up leadership but also illuminates why —Technical Services Quarterly,
in their chosen specialty as well as leadership falters. October 26, 2016
for established academic librarians Looking for tips on how to work towards
interested in changing fields or for FEATURES your overall vision while remaining
librarians taking on liaison roles in areas • Examines key aspects of leadership in productive on the frontlines? The book
outside their expertise. the modern world, such as the role gives you fresh ideas for balancing
of diversity in leading others and the
FEATURES value of social media in leadership your managerial duties with day-to-day
• Supplies invaluable career advice • Addresses real-world challenges responsibilities in the academic library.
from experienced professionals on leaders face, such as the role of the FEATURES
key subjects such as changing fields previous leader’s success or failure in
within librarianship, patterns of defining the task for the new leader • Presents the first approach to
scholarly communication in different • Derives leadership lessons from managing, leading, and practicing
fields, tenure, and moving up in your characters and situations found in simultaneously
chosen field literature and popular culture, from • Incorporates chapters written by 10
• Provides information far beyond the William Shakespeare to Star Wars different experts from organizations
basics taught in courses on academic across the country
librarianship

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