You're a Library Director, Now What?

Authors

  • Gavin Woltjer

Keywords:

leadership, expectation, communication, leadership strategy, listening, new leadership, library administration, library leadership

Abstract

This paper briefly examines three areas that individuals new to library leadership should focus on during their first year as a new library director: creating relationships, understanding financials, and identifying a leadership style. While this paper is written with the public library administrator in mind, the areas and ideas showcased are easily transferrable to academic, government, and special library administrators.
The intent of this paper is to increase awareness and understanding of these three important topics:
1. Creating relationships and listening for understanding;
2. The financials of your organization;
3. Identifying personal strengths and weaknesses, expectations, and leadership style.

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Published

2018-05-23

Issue

Vol. 82 No. 2 (2018): Leadership in Librarianship

Section

Articles

License

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