Journal Article: “Library Resilience and Leadership in a Global Crisis”
The article linked below was published today by LIBER Quarterly: The Journal of the Association of European Research Libraries.
Title
Library Resilience and Leadership in a Global Crisis
Authors
Najmeh Shaghaei
University of Southern Denmark
Claire Knowles
University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Fiona Morley
Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland
Alexandra Eveleigh
Wellcome Collection, UK
Núria Casaldàliga
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Emma Nolin
Malmö University Library, Sweden
Andrea Tatai
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Marc Cohen
Queen Mary University of London, UK
Martine Pronk
Utrecht University Library, Utrecht, Netherlands
Elke Ghesquière
KU Leuven, Belgium
Source
LIBER Quarterly: The Journal of the Association of European Research Libraries
32(1), 1–21.
DOI: 10.53377/lq.10930
Abstract
Research Libraries, like other organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic, have been facing difficult choices concerning which services to offer, whilst minimising risk to their staff, communities, and users. As the post COVID-19 era beckons, library leaders are urged to adapt flexible strategic plans that apply to every facet of library operation to ensure the organisations remain both safe and resilient in the future.
This paper discusses leadership skills and practical techniques that can be applied to help build resilient libraries and deliver positive new change in the post-COVID-19 recovery period.
Our findings indicate that leaders need to find ways to realign library ambitions to this uncertain new operating environment. The focus should be directed to digitisation and supporting systems, as well as on sustainability and transformative services. These are a must for the future of libraries.
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