Perspectives on managing a library

This paper seeks to argue that when managing strategically it is important for leaders to view situations from multiple perspectives.

Discusses and gives examples to illustrate how one can consider situations from different vantage points.

It is helpful for library directors to consider situations from the multiple perspectives, such as from structural, human resource, political, and cultural points of view.

This provides concepts to be considered when a leader attempts to move forward a library's priorities.

Hopefully, this article will motivate librarians to use different ways to think about how to better manage their libraries.