About Library Management
Aims and scope
Library Management is an international peer-reviewed journal advancing research and practice in the management, leadership, governance, education and transformation of libraries and related information institutions.
The journal provides a forum for scholars, library leaders, managers, educators, policymakers, and practitioners to examine how libraries and the library and information science profession respond to technological innovation, organisational change, evolving user and community needs, workforce transformation and wider social and institutional challenges.
Library Management welcomes theoretically informed, empirically grounded and practice-oriented research that contributes to effective, responsible, and forward-looking library management and professional development.
The coverage of the journal includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Strategic management, leadership and organisational development
- Digital transformation, future libraries and artificial intelligence
- Human resource management, workforce development and professional competencies
- Information use, user experience and interaction
- User and community needs, information behaviour, accessibility and digital inclusion
- Library services, service innovation and service design
- Library and information science education
- Governance, policy, ethics and responsible innovation
- Data governance, privacy, copyright and information security
- Performance measurement, quality management and evidence-based decision-making
- Collaboration, networks, partnerships and shared services
- Data science, knowledge organisation and knowledge-driven library services
- Open science, scholarly communication and research support
