Library Leadership in the United States and Europe

Peter Hernon, PhD, is professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College, Boston, MA. Niels Ole Pors is professor at the Royal School of Library and Information Science, Copenhagen, Denmark, where he has previously been dean with responsibilities for both research and education.

Interesting and informative. While it's a relatively short book at 219 pages, it packs in a wealth of information. . . . What is especially good about this book is that everyone can bene?t from it, not just managers. Anyone who leads a committee, team, project or other activity within the library can learn from this book. Leadership and management are not the same thing, and this book makes it clear. . . . Highly recommended for everyone.

• IllustrationsPrefacePart I: Introduction1 Leadership in Context: An OverviewPeter Hernon and Niels Ole PorsSome Definitions of LeadershipLibrary Staff Perceptions of LeadershipLeadership TheoriesLeadership AttributesThe Concept of National CultureKey LiteratureConcluding ThoughtsNotesPart II: Overview of Leadership in the United States and Europe2 Library Leadership in the United StatesPeter HernonCulturesMinority LeadershipLeadership ChallengesLeadership DevelopmentThe Coverage of Leadership in the Literature of Library and Information ScienceLeadership Attributes Identified in the Literature of Library and Information ScienceConcluding ThoughtsNotes3 Leadership in EuropeNiels Ole PorsFrameworksLeadership in Selected CountriesTrust and CorruptionConcluding ThoughtsNotes4 Library Leadership in EuropeNiels Ole PorsImportant Organizations and AssociationsLibrary Leadership in Selected CountriesConcluding ThoughtsNotes5 Leading Libraries through Cuts: A Perspective from the UKJennifer RowleyLeadership TheoriesKey Leadership Behaviors in Times of AusterityConcluding ThoughtsNotes6 The Danish Library Leadership Surveys, 2001–2007Carl Gustav JohannsenThe Origins of Management and Leadership in the Danish Library ProfessionThe Emergence of Library Leaders and Leadership Surveys in 2001Interpretations and Theoretical PerspectivesDoes a Common Scandinavian Library Management Style Exist?Concluding ThoughtsNotes7 Similarities and Dissimilarities among Scandinavian Library Leaders and ManagersAne Landøy and Angela ZetterlundMethodologyFrame for Analyzing Library LeadersSome Demographic Data about Scandinavian Library LeadersJob Satisfaction, Interaction, and ProcessesProcesses and StructuresNorms and ValuesExternal Integration and OutreachConcluding ThoughtsNotesPart III: Themes8 Driving ForcesNiels Ole Pors and Peter HernonSome Driving ForcesA Rationalistic View of Managing Change ProcessesAnalyses of the ContextLeadership and ManagementInnovation and EntrepreneurshipConcluding ThoughtsNotes9 Culture, Organizational Recipes, and Leadership in LibrariesNiels Ole PorsOrganizational RecipesNational Cultures and Information in the Form of RecipesOrganizational Cultures and the Adoptionand Interpretation of RecipesConcluding ThoughtsNotes10 Personality and LeadershipNiels Ole PorsPersonalityA Danish Study of Personality and Cultural Orientation in Public LibrariesConcluding ThoughtsNotes11 Following the LeaderPeter HernonThe PlanSocializationProfessional GrowthResultsConcluding ThoughtsNotes12 Library Impact and Outcomes AssessmentPeter Hernon and Niels Ole PorsThe United StatesEuropeLeadershipConcluding ThoughtsNotesPart IV: Conclusion13 An International Research AgendaPeter HernonConceptual FrameworkTopics Unrelated to the Conceptual FrameworkMethodologies Used in the Study of LeadershipConcluding ThoughtsNotes14 Leadership as Viewed across CountriesPeter Hernon and Niels Ole PorsLeadershipState of Knowledge about Academic and Public Librarians as LeadersLeadership as Viewed from the Context of National CulturesLeadership Theories and ChallengesChange Management vs. Change LeadershipThe Typical Study Highlighted in This BookThe Leadership IndustryConcluding ThoughtsNotesBibliographyIndexAbout the Editors and Contributors