Publication Date

4-17-2019

Document Type

Article

Keywords

Library leadership, Library management, Academic libraries

Abstract

This article explores the opportunities and challenges that early career librarians face when advancing their careers, desired qualities for leaders or managers of all career stages, and how early career librarians can develop those qualities. Our survey asked librarians at all career stages to share their sentiments, experiences, and perceptions of leadership and management. Through our feminist critique, we explore the relationships to power that support imbalances in the profession and discuss best practices such as mentoring, individualized support, and self-advocacy. These practices will be of use to early career librarians, as well as supervisors and mentors looking to support other librarians.

Copyright Statement / License for Reuse

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Publication Statement

This article was originally published under a CC BY license as:

Thomas, C., Trucks, E., & Kouns, H.B. (2019). Preparing early career librarians for leadership and management: A feminist critique. In the Library with the Lead Pipe, April 2019. Retrieved from: http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2019/early-career-leadership-and-management/

Rights Holder

Camille Thomas, Elia Trucks, H. B. Kouns

Provenance

Received from author

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

47 pgs

File Size

2.4 MB

Publication Title

In the Library with the Lead Pipe

First Page

1

Last Page

47

ISSN

1944-6195



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