Leveraging distributed leadership for effective services delivery in the library system

Q2 Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Business Information Review Pub Date : 2023-11-15 DOI:10.1177/02663821231216686

A. S. Sulyman, M. A. Taiwo, H. K. Abdulrahaman

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The emerging library services called for rethinking the roles of leadership on library operations, with a focus on enhancing flexible and fluid processes aimed at boosting creativity, drive innovations and achieve significant changes across various components of a library system. This paper argues for leveraging Distributed Leadership for effective services delivery in the library system, by acknowledging that Distributed Leadership makes every library personnel qualified of becoming leaders if they have special expertise or value to contribute to the achievement of library goals. It highlights autonomy, accountability, capacity, coaching, shared responsibility, reflection and feedback as attributes that make Distributed Leadership effective for delivery of library services. Distributed Leadership benefits libraries’ personnel on ideas sharing, taking innovation, fostering collaborations among personnel and offers more leadership options to libraries; while the challenges of Distributed Leadership include fostering higher expectations and promoting uncertainty. This paper recommends among others that formal library leaders should always cooperate and collaborate with personnel elevated to leadership position based on their skills and expertise.

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利用分布式领导在图书馆系统中有效提供服务

新兴的图书馆服务要求重新思考领导在图书馆业务中的作用，重点是加强灵活多变的流程，以提高创造力，推动创新，实现图书馆系统各组成部分的重大变革。本文认为，分布式领导使每个图书馆人员都有资格成为领导者，如果他们有特殊的专业知识或价值，可以为图书馆目标的实现做出贡献的话。它强调自主、问责、能力、辅导、分担责任、反思和反馈是使分布式领导有效提供图书馆服务的特质。分布式领导有利于图书馆人员分享想法、勇于创新、促进人员之间的合作，并为图书馆提供了更多的领导选择；而分布式领导所面临的挑战包括促进更高的期望和增加不确定性。本文建议，正式的图书馆领导者应始终根据其技能和专业知识与升任领导职位的人员进行合作与协作。

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Business Information Review Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)

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期刊介绍： Business Information Review (BIR) is concerned with information and knowledge management within organisations. To be successful organisations need to gain maximum value from exploiting relevant information and knowledge. BIR deals with information strategies and operational good practice across the range of activities required to deliver this information dividend. The journal aims to highlight developments in the economic, social and technological landscapes that will impact the way organisations operate. BIR also provides insights into the factors that contribute to individual professional success.