...Ann MacMillan Dyer; Lauren Starbird Purpose This case study evaluates the success of a change management process in a very small academic library at a public, rural college. It considers the existing literature on the subject and how it applies to this setting and details the change process...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only Innovation management University libraries Developing countries Innovation adoption Change management We are living in a century where innovation is an important issue for profit as well as for nonprofit institutions to compete with the changing...

... 2017 16 10 2017 18 01 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Pakistan Innovation Developing countries Change management University libraries-status Website review Sania Awais can be contacted...

...). Sania Awais can be contacted at: saniaawais2010@hotmail.com 19 11 2017 08 12 2017 29 01 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Pakistan Innovation Change management University libraries Developing countries...

... Adaptive leadership Change management Academic libraries Leader roles System thinking The traditional metaphor of seeing a library as “the heart of a university” is losing ground. A modern academic library may be more like a crossroads community, in which users are provoked and enabled...

..., organizational structure, management style, personnel policy and information system, the economic environment also play an important role (Bradutanu, 2015). At the heart of change management lie the change problems, that is, some future states to be realized, some current states to be left behind, and some...

... of a concept referred to as the competition-collaboration continuum to further academic librarianship. These notions serve to assist academic librarians in determining the appropriate actions to be taken now. According to Pugh (2007 , p. 75), “The objective of change management is not to sell the solution...

...Petra Düren Purpose Deliberate large-scale changes in libraries need an accompanying change management. One of the essential success factors of change management is the communication process, as insensitive communication, using e.g. ambiguous wording or inappropriate tonality can cause great...

... 22 10 2016 05 11 2016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Unlearning University libraries Change management Knowledge stickiness Planned change Resistance to change Organizational change is a dynamic...

... underpinned by change management methodology. Findings – This approach resulted in widespread employee engagement, from initially clarifying the necessary change and throughout the change implementation. This led to a sense of ownership, responsibility, and accountability. Originality/value...

... in” to change to ensure a smooth transition (Nuckolls, 2009 , p. 43). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Leadership Management Social capital Change management Buy in “Capital” emphasizes that social capital, like human capital or financial capital, is productive...

... about. Elements we considered uncertain or unknowable. Pete Maggs can be contacted at: Pete.Maggs@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Libraries Change management United Kingdom Organisational change Universities Scenario planning Restructuring Communication...

... leadership and management issues. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Innovation Organizational culture Academic libraries Australia Libraries Change management Innovation is in vogue, but we must acknowledge that it is not new. Throughout history people and organisations...

... Change management Organizational change Libraries Information systems Emergent strategy Sweden A woman, standing on a slope, facing the sun and a spectacular mountain scenery. She is extending her arms; the backpack seems to be a light burden on her shoulders. Caption: FREEDOM. Imagine what...

... libraries Change management Organizational innovation Customer relations This latest publication by Jennifer Rowley is a welcome addition to two previous titles co‐authored with Sue Roberts – Managing Information Services (2004) and Leadership: the challenge for information...

... to change”, recalls Andrew. “Not just the building – the organisational structure and culture had to be transformed, not once but many times over” (Wells, 2010). Scenario planning Library design Knowledge creation Libraries Change management Australia I joined the State Library of NSW...

...Ian Smith Purpose Which comes first – quality or change? Managing change is inherent in organisational quality enhancement. Managing organisational change and managing organisational quality go hand‐in‐hand. This paper seeks to look into quality enhancement initiatives to achieve organisational...

... Change management Canada A new university librarian (UL), external to the organization, commenced in the position in August 2008. After meeting with all library staff, deans, the VP academic and others in the community it was clear that the library staff were “stuck”, unable to move forward...

..., for organizational learning and development. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Evidence‐based practice Leadership Organizational effectiveness Change management Academic libraries United States of America Increasingly electronic resources are becoming the mainstream format...

... Libraries Change management Customer service management Organizational culture Library systems are in an ideal position to address many of these issues by adopting a strategic approach to coaching which can potentially impact the entire organizational culture. If insightfully directed, coaching may...