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Summary
Summary
As librarians move into the middle of their careers, they are more ready than ever to take on new leadership opportunities. Literature on leadership is expanding in the field of library and information sciences, and more and more seminars and workshops are being offered for new and seasoned leaders. This book asks the questions: 'What about us?' and, 'Where is the leadership advice and training for those who are no longer new librarians, but are also not yet seasoned leaders?' The title illustrates how to work the middle, from being in the sophomore slump progressing to the next leaders in the field, to look for perspectives from others who are in the middle of their career, and how they have developed into leaders, ways to develop one's own style of leadership and grow one's career and future as a librarian and information professional.
Author Notes
Dawn Lowe-Wincentsen is the Portland Operations librarian at the Oregon Institute of Technology. She graduated with her MLIS from Louisiana State University in 2003, though she has been in libraries in various forms since her first job as a student assistant in the library at Linfield College in 1996. Dawn has written other various works including co-authoring A Leadership Primer for New Librarians: Tools for Helping Today's Early Career Librarians Become Tomorrow's Library Leaders (2009) .
Linda Crook is Science Librarian and Assistant Professor at Washington State University, where she is the liaison to the College of Pharmacy. She received her MLIS from the University of Washington iSchool in 2000. She has been working in libraries since 1991, including time as student assistant, paraprofessional, and librarian; in a public library, a special library, and academic libraries; as lead, supervisor, division head, and branch library head. Linda is active in the American Library Association where she participated in the 2008 Emerging Leaders program. Her other works include a contribution to A Leadership Primer for New Librarians: Tools for Helping Today's Early Career Librarians Become Tomorrow's Library Leaders (2009) .
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Booklist Review
Bringing together chapters authored by 21 practicing librarians and information professionals, this work is designed as a tool for mid-career librarians who ar. not necessarily ready to move up the management ladder, but ready to have a real say in the direction of the profession. Some of the chapters cover various ways to identify and make the most of leadership opportunities: mentoring, for example, or becomin. technologically indispensable. Other chapters discuss some mid-career challenges and pitfalls, such as balancing life and work and getting stuck in a rut. Many of the chapters draw from the personal experiences of the authors and are written in a generally chatty tone. The ideas presented here do not follow a logical progression, and the book isn't necessarily meant to be read through from start to finish. Rather, mid-career librarians can dip into it for encouragement and inspiration.--Marcus, Sar. Copyright 2010 Booklist
