This paper addresses all four conference themes by focusing on the critical topic of the professional practice knowledge, skills, and abilities for the 21st century academic librarian. Drawing on the results of national ...

Under the conference sub-theme of preparing the workforce and skills development, this paper identifies and discusses some key human resource (HR) drivers for the academic library workforce of the 21st century. The value ...

Abstract: Purpose - This article overviews the professional context for Canadian research libraries (as outlined in the 8Rs Canadian Library Human Resources Study - Ingles et al, 2005) and examines the approach and response ...

Purpose: This paper examines four key concepts - a description of what constitutes a positive workplace culture, an outline of what employee engagement includes, a framework that outlines the importance of a " spirit of ...

Libraries building communities: the vital contribution of Victoria's public libraries - a research report for the Library Board of Victoria and the Victoria Public Libraries Network (2005), is research which set out to ...

This paper covers two interrelated topics, namely, the preparation of Canadian library leaders (through the Library Leaders Institute - LLI) and the motivations of librarians who attend leadership programs. Through discussion ...

Pre-print of book review to be published in Library Management 310 "Scholary Communications for Librarians (Chandos Information Professional Series)" by Heather Morrison Chandos Publishing ISBN 978-1-84334-488-9 245 pages