
Leading Libraries
Description
real-world perspectives from Canadian, American, Asian, and Australian contributors with varying identities;
leadership roles, competencies, and lessons drawn from navigating the complexities of higher education and librarianship;
guidance on inclusive strategic planning processes, shepherding working groups, effective administrative structures and hiring best practices, scholarly publishing, and other key topics;
insights on dealing with ongoing momentous upheavals, such as changing political landscapes, pandemic disruptions and tragedies, and racial violence;
explorations of the ways in which higher education institutions and their libraries are embracing DEI, Indigenization, and decolonization;
reasons why reflection, intentionality, non-reactivity, and other ways of slowing down are so important for embracing thoughtful planning and implementing sustainable practices and ethical approaches; and
advice on building meaningful relationships and resisting political, societal, and personal pressures.
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Persons
Beth McNeil is dean emerita and Esther Ellis Norton professor of library science at the Libraries and School of Information Studies at Purdue University. She served as dean of libraries at Purdue from 2019 to 2025 and at Iowa State University from 2015 to 2019. She received a PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and earned master's and bachelor's degrees from the University of Illinois. She is the author of several books and journal articles on aspects of library leadership and management.
Content
- List of Figures
- Foreword by Trevor A. Dawes
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
Chapter 1 Practicing Slow Dwelling as an Approach to Anti-Oppressive Journal Editorship: A Case Study of CAML Review/Revue de l’ACBM, the Journal of the Canadian Association of Music Libraries
Carolyn Doi, Jan Guise, and Jada Watson
Chapter 2 The Road Less Traveled: Leadership and Advocacy in NGO Libraries in the Philippines
Iyra S. Buenrostro-Cabbab and Danilo Madayag Baylen
Chapter 3 The Power of Perspective: Diverse Women Steering Library Committees
Kim Geraldi and Kaia MacLeod
Chapter 4 Reframing with Abundance: Critically Examining Our Professional Practice
Cleire Lauron, Melissa Gillies, and Carolyn Casenas
Chapter 5 A Blueprint for Belonging: An Academic Library’s Strategic Planning Journey
Jeehyun Davis
Chapter 6 Assessing Guiding Documents Through the Symbolic Frame: Practical Strategies from Two Libraries
Amy Andres and Irene M. H. Herold
Chapter 7 Leadership Roles and Competencies of Australian Health Science Libraries: A Perspective
Ann Ritchie, Michele Gaca, Alice Anderson, and Gemma Siemensma
Chapter 8 How Do They Get There? Where Do They Go? An Exploration of Senior Administrator Hiring Practices and Roles in Canadian Academic Libraries
Nicole Eva and Jasmine Hoover
- Appendix: VCU Libraries Strategic Action Plan Task Force 2022–23 Charge
- About the Contributors
- Index