Bold Minds: Library Leadership in a Time of Disruption

Contents: 

SECTION 1 Views from the corridors of power: the political and global perspective 

• 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
• 'The way we do things around here': an analytical framework for managing cultural change in public libraries. / John Pateman
• Leading liberation in the library / Leo Appleton 

SECTION 2 The re-birth of libraries - new business models and re-generation of services 

• Do library partnerships work and how can they help build a strong future for the library? / Judith Keene and Janine Downes
• The 21st-century people's library / Liz McGettigan
• 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 

• Students lead the future: academic library space and place / Margaret Weaver
• Leading change in medical libraries in Sweden / Lotta Haglund, Annikki Roos and Petra Wallgren Björk
• Corporate library as the organisation's mothership / Shaunna Mireau 

SECTION 4 The future library professional - horizons and challenges 

• Databrarian ed? Preparing information specialists for participation in an open datafied society / Sheila Corrall
• Digital opportunities: what digital skills do library staff need in a changing world? and do they have them? / Rosie Jones
• Top down and bottom up - the librarian as a senior leader and preparing for senior leadership by 'managing up' / Rebecca Davies