Bold Minds

Margaret Weaver is former Director of Library and Learning Resources at Birmingham City University and prior to this was Head of Library Services at Brunel University London, and Director of Library and Student Services at the University of Cumbria. A founding member of the Northern Collaboration group of academic libraries, she has also chaired the North West Academic Libraries (NoWAL) collaboration. Margaret is an Associate of the Higher Education Academy and a chartered member of CILIP. She is also a member of the editorial board of the New Review of Academic Librarianship and a regular contributor to professional literature. Leo Appleton is a Senior University Teacher in the Information School at the University of Sheffield, where he teaches on library and information services management programmes. He was previously Director of Library Services at Goldsmiths, University of London and has held numerous other leadership and management roles in universities and further education colleges throughout his career. Leo holds a PhD in social informatics from Edinburgh Napier University. He is a chartered fellow of CILIP, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is the editor-in-chief of the New Review of Academic Librarianship.

Contributors

Preface

1. Introduction - Margaret Weaver and Leo Appleton

SECTION 1: Views from the Corridors of Power: The Political and Global Perspective

2. Painting Books on the Walls: Why Libraries Have Lost Their Way and How They Can Rediscover Their Real Purpose in a Fragmented World - Richard Heseltine

3. ‘The Way We Do Things Around Here’: An Analytical Framework for Managing Cultural Change in Public Libraries - John Pateman

4. Leading Liberation in the Library - Leo Appleton

SECTION 2: The Re-birth of Libraries – New Business Models and Re-generation of Services

5. Do Library Partnerships Work and How Can They Help Build a Strong Future for the Library? - Judith Keene and Janine Downes

6. The 21st-Century People’s Library - Liz McGettigan

7. Repositioning The Academic Library To Drive Innovation And Agility - Robert Moropa, Lindiwe Soyizwapi, Marguerite Nel and Isak van der Walt

SECTION 3: Who Really Matters? User Communities and Alignment

8. Students Lead the Future: Academic Library Space and Place - Margaret Weaver

9. Leading Change in Medical Libraries in Sweden - Lotta Haglund, Annikki Roos and Petra Björk

10. Corporate Library as the Organisation’s Mothership - Shaunna Mireau

SECTION 4: The Future Library Professional – Horizons and Challenges

11. Databrarian ed? Preparing Information Specialists for Participation in an Open Datafied Society - Sheila Corrall

12. Digital Opportunities: What Digital Skills Do Library Staff Need in a Changing World? And Do They Have Them? - Rosie Jones

13. Top Down and Bottom Up – The Librarian as a Senior Leader and Preparing For Senior Leadership By ‘Managing Up’ - Rebecca Davies

Index