Research Catalog

Title

Library Leadership in the United States and Europe : A Comparative Study of Academic and Public Libraries / Peter Hernon and Niels Ole Pors, Editors.

Publication

Santa Barbara, California : Libraries Unlimited, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2013]

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Additional Authors

• Pors, Niels Ole
• Hernon, Peter
• Hernon, Peter,
• Pors, Niels Ole,

Description

xiv, 231 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

"This book discusses prevalent leadership theories, practices, and literature, exploring issues with broad implications thematically and across different countries. After an introduction that overviews leadership, leadership theories, and influences of national culture and related concepts, the authors examine leadership in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe as a whole, and selected European countries, highlighting differences and shared characteristics."--Publisher.

Subject

• Library administration > Research
• Library administration > Cross-cultural studies
• Comparative librarianship
• International librarianship
• Academic library directors > United States
• Academic libraries > United States > Administration
• Academic library directors > Europe
• Academic libraries > Europe > Administration
• Public library directors > United States
• Public libraries > United States > Administration
• Public library directors > Europe
• Public libraries > Europe > Administration
• Leadership

Genre/Form

Cross-cultural studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Overview of leadership in the United States and Europe -- Themes -- Conclution.

ISBN

• 9781610691260 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
• 1610691261 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
• 9781610691277 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2012041627

OCLC

810111218

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library