Front Cover	1
	Conversations with Leading Academic and Research Library Directors	4
	Copyright Page	5
	Contents	6
	About the Authors	10
	Foreword by Ingrid Parent	14
	Foreword by Elizabeth Blakesley	18
	Acknowledgments	20
	Prologue	22
	1 Academic Libraries Today	23
	2 New Technologies in Academic Libraries	25
	3 Academic Librarians and Their Managerial Style	27
	4 Inter- and Intrainstitutional Cooperation and Collaboration	34
	5 There Is No Typical Day at Work!	34
	6 In Addition	37
	Conversations with Leading Academic and Research Library Directors: International Perspectives on Library Management	40
	1 Introduction	40
	2 All Our Students Use Google, So Why Do We Need the Library?	41
	3 Aims of This Book	42
	4 Choice of Methods	44
	4.1 Interviews via Skype and Email	45
	5 Intended Readers	46
	References	47
	Further Reading	47
	1 Dr. Sarah Thomas, Vice President for the Harvard Library and University Librarian and Roy E. Larsen Librarian for the Fac...	48
	2 Dr. Susan Gibbons, University Librarian and Deputy Provost for Collections and Scholarly Communication, Yale University	62
	3 Dr. Greg Eow, Associate Director for Collections, MIT Libraries	78
	4 Virginia Steel, Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	90
	5 Dr. Deborah Jakubs, University Librarian and Vice Provost for Library Affairs, Duke University	122
	6 Dr. James L. Hilton, Vice Provost for Academic Innovation, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, University Library...	132
	7 Dr. Winston Tabb, PhD, Dean of the University Libraries and Museums, Johns Hopkins University	146
	8 Michael Gorman, University Librarian Emeritus Henry Madden Library, California State University, Fresno	166
	Further Reading	173
	9 Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian, University of Oxford	174
	10 Mark Purcell, Deputy Director, Research Collections, University of Cambridge	186
	11 Jirka Kende, Director, Library System, Free University Berlin	200
	12 Prof. Dr. Andreas Degkwitz, Director, Library of the Humboldt University of Berlin	212
	13 Dr. Rafael Ball, Director, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH)	228
	14 Wilma van Wezenbeek, Director, TU Delft Library	236
	15 Helen Shenton, Librarian & College Archivist Trinity College Dublin	246
	16 Diane Bruxvoort, University Librarian and Director, University of Aberdeen	262
	Further Reading	281
	17 Wilhelm Widmark, Library Director, Stockholm University Library	282
	References	296
	18 Philip Kent, University Librarian, University of Melbourne	298
	19 Howard Amos, University Librarian, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand	312
	References	335
	Further Reading	335
	20 Qiang Zhu, Director, Peking University Library	336
	21 Peter Sidorko, University Librarian, the University of Hong Kong	366
	22 Louise Jones, University Librarian, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	382
	23 Gulcin Cribb, University Librarian, Singapore Management University	394
	24 Dr. Buhle Mbambo-Thata, Former Executive Director, Library Services, University of South Africa	408
	25 Christopher D. Barth, Librarian and Associate Dean, United States Military Academy	420
	26 Daniel De Simone, Eric Weinmann Librarian, Central Library, Folger Shakespeare Library	430
	27 Dr. Linda Harris Mehr, Director, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	442
	Further Reading	455
	28 Dr. Dietrich Nelle, Director, German Information Centre for Life Sciences (ZB MED)	456
	29 Elena Ivanova, Head, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Scientific Library	468
	30 Professor Nikolay Kalenov, Director, Library for Natural Sciences of Russian Academy of Sciences	480
	Conclusion	488
	A.1 The Indispensable and Irreplaceable Role of the Library Director	488
	A.2 Aims of the Book—Significance and Values	489
	A.3 Competencies and Skills Needed for Library Directorship	491
	A.4 The Library Director as an Agent for Change and Transformation	492
	A.5 Common Traits and Personality of Successful Library Directors	493
	A.6 Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Performances of Libraries	494
	A.7 Successful Library Directors of the 21st Century are Transformational Leaders	495
	A.8 Demonstrating Values to the Community	497
	A.9 Evolving Relationship Between Librarians and Faculty/Researchers	498
	A.10 Global Recruiting Trends of Library Directors	503
	A.11 Fundraising: A Necessary Evil for the Survival of Academic Libraries?	504
	A.12 Academic Libraries as Silent Witness of Political Struggles	507
	A.13 Librarians are not Handmaidens of the Researchers	508
	A.14 Final Note From the Authors	509
	References	511
	Index	514
	Back Cover	526