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Leadership in academic libraries today : connecting theory to practice
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The author reveals that marriage between Participatory Leadership and Action Research to Advocate Benefits Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered People: An Extended Human Rights Role for Library and Information Science is an extended human rights role for library and information science.Abstract:
Table of Contents Introduction Part One: Combining Theory and Practice Chapter 1 - Motivating Millennials: The Next Generation of Leaders Julie Artman Chapter 2 - Positive Leadership in Libraries: The Rise of the Credible Optimist Susan E. Parker Chapter 3 - Leadership Capabilities in the Midst of Transition at the Harvard Library Deborah S. Garson and Debra Wallace Part Two: Influencing Success: Women and Minorities in Leadership Roles Chapter 4 - Mentoring Diverse Leaders in Academic Libraries Starr Hoffman Chapter 5 - Academic Library Leadership, Second-Wave Feminism and Twenty-First Century Humanism: Reflections on a Changing Profession Marta Deyrup Part Three - Applying current ideas in the business world to academic library settings Chapter 6 - Leadership and Value Co-Creation in Academic Libraries Michael Germano Chapter 7 - Good to Great for Academic Libraries Dominique Roberts Chapter 8 - Organizational Culture and Leadership: The Irresistible Force Versus the Immovable Object Jason Martin Part Four - Case Studies of Successful Leadership Chapter 9 - The Entrepreneurial Leadership Turn in Higher Education: Agency and Institutional Logic in an Academic Library Kristen E. Willmott, PhD and Andrew F. Wall, PhD Chapter 10 - Marriage between Participatory Leadership and Action Research to Advocate Benefits Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered People: An Extended Human Rights Role for Library and Information Science Bharat Mehra and Donna Braquet Contributor Biographiesread more
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