{"title":"Compassionate Leadership: An Essential Approach Post-COVID","authors":"Christopher Cox","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2023.2201721","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2201721","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The recent pandemic demonstrated the importance of leading with compassion. Compassionate leaders understand and care for those they lead. Through an analysis of recent publications on compassionate leadership and personal stories of leadership experiences, the author defines what compassionate leadership is, and identifies skills and traits that leaders need to harness to excel in today’s changing workplace.","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48865307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time, Tasks, and Toll: Changes in Library Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"R. Clarke, Alexandra Grimm, Bo Zhang, K. Stanton","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2023.2201717","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2201717","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article analyzes survey data from 900-plus U.S. respondents to identify and explain COVID-19 pandemic-induced changes in different work tasks for library workers. Results show negligible change in overall hours for academic library workers and an almost two-hour decrease in overall hours for public library workers. Analysis by task type shows decreased work hours for most tasks, although professional development and administration/management showed increased hours across library types. In contrast, qualitative responses reveal that workers feel they are working more hours because the pandemic has broken down boundaries between work and non-work tasks, surfacing ongoing issues of labor.","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41659953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Holes at the Bottom of the Boat: Disrupting Performative Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Efforts in Libraries in the Wake of the Covid-19 Pandemic","authors":"Tracie D. Hall","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2023.2201722","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2201722","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article seeks to understand the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has tested the effectiveness of library-based equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts. In the early days of the pandemic, libraries closed their doors and pivoted to digital services and programs, resources often inaccessible to BIPOC and low-income users. Since reopening, libraries have found that the lack of diversity in their ranks and information curation is compromising their ability to actualize the equity, diversity, and inclusion goals—objectives that are critical to closing the socioeconomic gaps that the pandemic has only widened.","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46056764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fostering a Culture of Assessment in a Public Research Library: Assessment Coordinator Perspectives","authors":"J. Scoulas","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2023.2201723","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2201723","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract As an assessment coordinator with a non-library educational background, the author discusses her perspectives on how an academic library builds and promotes a culture of assessment since joining a public research library in 2018. She also presents key insights gained while working on strategic plans and assessment plans. This column may be beneficial to library leadership and administrators regarding practical aspects to consider while fostering a culture of assessment in their organization. This column may be also useful for individuals who desire to broaden their position in library assessment.","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49227531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Interview Process and People With Disabilities","authors":"J. Pionke","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2023.2201724","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2201724","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Librarianship has lagged far behind the corporate sector in how librarianship manages and supports employees with disabilities, this includes accommodations during the hiring process. This column will provide an autobiographical look into the hiring process for a person with a disability and give suggestions on how to make the hiring process more humane for all people, including those with disabilities. When did an institution of higher education get it right? Get it ok with good intentions? Or get it completely wrong?","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46425388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Academic Library Succession Planning in the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)","authors":"C. Goldman","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2023.2201720","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2201720","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In the last few decades, there have been multiple peer-reviewed articles that suggest academic libraries do not establish appropriate succession plans, nor do they develop the required leadership capacity in their librarians. This article discusses (a) the development of a survey instrument to measure the frequency with which succession planning activities take place in libraries, and (b) the results of a survey study that explored succession planning practices in the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in the United States. This study utilized a cross-sectional design with a stratified random sample (n = 353) of academic librarians and administrators employed by ARL member libraries. After data analysis, validity and reliability analyses revealed the survey instrument demonstrates acceptable psychometric properties and produced a strong alpha coefficient of .91. Findings also suggest that several factors impact respondents’ knowledge of and/or participation in succession planning activities, including their sexual orientation, primary job duties, layers of management in their library hierarchy, and whether or not managers identify and prepare interims for critical positions in their library.","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44694529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrea Miller, Janell Johnson, Lynn Cline, W. Edgar, Scott Fischer, G. Jackson-Brown
{"title":"Research Content as an Expression of the Scholarly Information Seeking Habits and Behavior of University Faculty","authors":"Andrea Miller, Janell Johnson, Lynn Cline, W. Edgar, Scott Fischer, G. Jackson-Brown","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2023.2201718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2201718","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A group of faculty and staff of the Missouri State University (MSU) Libraries, assisted by an anthropologist, conducted a survey and then an ethnographic study using direct observation and semi-structured interviews of a broad sample of MSU faculty members to explore faculty scholarly information seeking habits and behavior. Research questions explored where faculty researched, what they used, and whom they consulted for assistance. This article will discuss the methodologies of the study, as well as its findings on content used by faculty, to be followed by a companion article discussing findings on services and spaces.","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44775336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Children’s Access to Reading Materials Relative to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Preferred Formats and Resources","authors":"R. Soulen, L. Tedrow","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2023.2201719","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2201719","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This survey of parents (N = 260) investigated children’s access to library materials prior to (T 1), during (T 2), and predicted after (T 3) the COVID-19 pandemic. Preferred formats and resources used to access reading materials were compared by demographic and other factors. Results demonstrate substantial changes in access to print books and ebooks during the pandemic and overall increase in access to audiobooks; supersubstantial change in access to print books from libraries and retailers during the pandemic; overall supersubstantial decrease in access to school library books; and substantial increase in access to print books purchased from retailers. Findings suggest that library closures and limited hours during the pandemic may transform children’s preferred formats and resources used to access reading materials.","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59150694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Who Owns Bibliographic Metadata Created by Libraries?","authors":"George S. Machovec","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2023.2177928","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2177928","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The ownership of MARC bibliographic data has been an issue between OCLC and other companies in the marketplace. Two lawsuits are discussed between OCLC and Clarivate and SkyRiver. The “WorldCat Rights and Responsibilities for the OCLC Cooperative” provides a basis for many library contracts and how OCLC lays claim to bibliographic data. The “ICOLC Statement on the Metadata Rights of Libraries” is used as a general framework for discussing issues surrounding who owns MARC records and how they can be used or re-used. Most librarians are interested in free and open use of MARC records whether or not they may have passed through the OCLC system at some point.","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41750052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mapping Library Users’ Loyalty through LibQUAL +: Mediating Role of Users’ Satisfaction","authors":"A. Iqbal, Iqbal Hussain Asad","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2023.2177930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2177930","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the gap between library users’ expected and perceived library services and to examine the role of library services in developing user satisfaction and loyalty. A quantitative research design using a questionnaire was used to investigate the research objectives. Undergraduate students were selected as the population from the Information Technology University. The questionnaire was adopted from previous literature. It was pilot tested with 50 undergraduate students and found reliable. Data was collected from 304 respondents and were analyzed using SPSS (v.20) software. The study found that library users expected a high level of service in three categories, i.e., Affect of Service, Information Control, and Library as a Place, as all mean scores were higher than 7 when rated against a scale from 1 to 9. The participants reported that they were likely to consult the library and recommend it to others. The structural equation model confirmed that better services will increase users’ satisfaction with the library resources and services and will lead to winning users’ loyalty. The findings from the study provided useful insight into the determinants of user satisfaction and loyalty and could be useful for other academic libraries seeking ways to increase user loyalty and user satisfaction with library resources and services.","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46802994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}