What Academic Library Leadership Lacks: Leadership Skills Directors Are Least Likely to Develop, and Which Positions Offer Development Opportunity

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 313-318

  Harris, Colleen S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic librarians; Academic libraries; Leadership; Leadership development; Library directors; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977539831     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2016.06.005     Document Type: Article

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