Achieving transformational change in academic libraries / Stephen Mossop.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mossop, Stephen.

Series:

Chandos information professional series.

Chandos information professional series

Chandos informational professional series

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic libraries.

Organizational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix,197 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Academic libraries undergo episodes of strategic change. Transformational change may be seen as fundamentally different from other kinds of change. A part of this process is often deep level cultural change. At the individual level this may be traumatic, but at the strategic level, such change can prove essential.Achieving Transformational Change in Academic Libraries explores the purpose and nature of 'Transformational Change' and its exponents, and discusses the benefits and limitations of its place in an academic library setting. The title is divided into five chapters, covering: a

Contents:

part 1. Transformational change: planning, processes and people

part 2: Transformational change: case studies.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781780633909

1780633904

OCLC:

864898905