The latest issue of Library Leadership & Management (LL&M) is now available. LL&M focuses on assisting library administrators and managers at all levels as they deal with day-to-day challenges. In-depth articles address a wide variety of management issues and highlight examples of successful management methods used in libraries. Features include interviews with prominent practitioners in libraries and related fields, and columns with practical advice on managing libraries.
- Libraries Taking a Lead – “It’s a once in a generation opportunity not to be wasted.”
- A Good Jobs Strategy for Libraries – “Ton’s framework focuses on four principles; offer less, standardize and empower, cross-train, and operate with slack, each of which are relevant to varying degrees to library and archives organization contexts.”
- Too Many Spoons: Library Workers and Disabilities – “The above experience has happened to me at academic libraries, public libraries, and other institutions.”
- Revisiting Strategy in a Time of Crisis – “Rapid changes in the environment call for practicing strategic thinking iteratively rather than engaging in a fixed rhythm of multi-year planning.”
- Write Now! Managing Change and Increasing Research in an Academic Library – “Their goal was to increase the overall amount of scholarly research publications and creative products librarian faculty completed each year.”