Perceptions and beliefs of academic librarians in Germany and the USA: a comparative study

Krämer, Stefan; Horstmann, Wolfram

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“…The literature identifies the common approaches to manage change in libraries include strategic plans, systematic implementation (Sanches, 2018), input from library users and these stockholders, effective communication and collaboration (Malenfant, 2010;Phillips, 2014), future planning and improvement (Tam and Robertson, 2002;Wong, 2019). As Pryce-Jones (2018) stated that the library professionals need to change library mission in the UK and Germany, at the same time Kramer and Horstmann (2019) identified to create a clear vision and mission for academic libraries in the USA and Germany to survive and grow in a competitive age. Diversity is also one of the issues in the discussion for the past three decades and it covers several topics such as innovative technology, a wide range of resources and modern facilities for the academic community (Charney and Hauke, 2020;Ippoliti et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As a result, many intellectuals constantly stressing on the present and future challenges of libraries and indicating about high qualities of leadership and effective skills for the academic libraries (Konya and Gurel, 2014;Schulte et al, 2018;Wong, 2019). In fact, diversity has created challenges and anxiety among library professionals (Phillips, 2014), it is not easy to manage change while organizations facing a financial crisis, restructuring their policies and preparing themselves for the upcoming challenges (Charney and Hauke, 2020;Kramer and Horstmann, 2019). According to Meulemans and Maltin (2019), the twenty-first century has already brought many changes in libraries such as users' expectations, collaboration with stakeholders, technological advancement, offer a wide range of resources that are difficult to manage (Young et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Changing behavior of the organization, library professionals and ways of working in academic libraries are side by side to adjust the balance between leading change and accomplishing the organizational mission and goals (Pryce-Jones, 2018). A strong and visionary leadership emphasis on the mission statement and goals of the organization into a strategic plan (Sanches, 2018;Roe, 2014, p. 294) which directly impacts on improving the organizational performance (Kramer and Horstmann, 2019). It is necessary to develop the eagerness and personal interest toward improving organizational performance (Charney and Hauke, 2020).…”

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Changing behavior of academic libraries and role of library professionals

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2021

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Purpose This paper aims to discover the key challenges and identifies reasons for the changing behavior of academic libraries and the role of library professionals, and how can they manage those challenges in a time of change. The paper reveals the most important competencies in a reshaping environment of libraries and the best ways of dealing with change. Library professionals are struggling to reform their traditional ways of working and trying to boost their knowledge and skills as current demand for higher education. Organizations can play an important role to develop willingness for accepting change and reduce stress among employees and prepare them to accept new systems and reality by creating collaborative and supporting environments that provide opportunities for growth and improvement. All library professionals must have the eagerness to keep up with the emerging trends and prepare themselves to accept changes that would have a direct impact on the libraries and the role of library professionals. Academic libraries have similar issues and challenges around the world, those are outcomes of technological advancement, digital resources, innovative services and diversity in higher education; therefore, the role of library professionals is changing. Design/methodology/approach The research method is built on literature reviews from offline and online. The systematic literature review method is used to review full-text databases such as EBSCO, ProQuest, Library Literature and Information Science databases. Basic search options for keyword searching and advanced searching options have been used to retrieve the relevant papers on the right topic. A total of 113 papers were collected at the initial stage, but after their analysis in detail, they were reduced to 52 scholarly and peer-reviewed papers because the rest of the papers did not exactly express relevant content on the topic. Findings Library professionals are struggling to keep up with the new competencies and adopt the innovative system and reality because diversity is rapidly changing. The best ways of dealing with change include reform the traditional ways to new ways of working and create collaboration at all levels. Librarians are under pressure to develop new skills to deal with the current scenarios that are affecting the role of library professionals. Academic libraries have similar challenges in a rapidly reshaping environment that are needed to address by researchers and library professionals for the present and future of academic libraries. Research limitations/implications This paper is a piece of opinion, 52 appropriate papers on the topic have been reviewed from the peer-reviewed journals, not all publications were included. The existing literature described that there is a need for growth and improvement of academic libraries and workforce in financial crises because they play fundamental roles in society by offering services and information resources, so library professionals need to be very aware of these implications. Originality/value The literature on this particular topic is relatively limited. Therefore, this paper is the first to offer a systematic literature review on the changing behavior of academic libraries and the role of library professionals. This paper provides insights into the concept of adopting change and dealing with challenges in a time of change. It adds value to the library and information sciences literature and delivers outlines for the library professionals.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2021

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“…As Cummings and Worley (2009: 165) described that leaders must pay careful attention to all steps and actions at the time of developing and introducing change. In terms of academic libraries, changes are the key issues for library professionals and many scholars continuously focusing on the current situation such as selection and collection development of digital resources (Kramer and Horstmann, 2019), virtual and physical library spaces (Grant, 2018) and discussing the future scenarios of libraries (Tam and Robertson, 2002; Stephens and Russell, 2004; Konya and Gurel, 2014; Schulte et al , 2018). Similar challenges and issues have also been reported by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee, 2014).…”

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“…Pryce-Jones (2018) reported that library professionals facing challenges where organizational restructuring has brought numerous changes an increasing demand of patrons, changes in institutional policies and mission statements (Kramer and Horstmann, 2019; Meulemans and Maltin, 2019). Grant (2018) reported that libraries need effective ways of working, a wealth of resources and innovative physical library facilities, these realities require adapting changes for survival and growth (Pryce-Jones, 2018; Popp, 2012).…”

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Adapting to change in academic libraries

Aslam

2021

GKMC

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discover the main reasons for change, why change is necessary and how library professionals can adapt to change. Academic institutions are rapidly changing around the world where libraries are facing similar challenges and adapting change is a demand for growth and improvement. Library administrators need a clear vision and strategic plan to meet the upcoming challenges, they must have self-confidence, ability to work with diversity. Library professionals need to show flexibility and a willingness to develop new skills, they also need to adopt new ways of working and dealing with the academic community. Design/methodology/approach The literature review is built on resources from offline and online full-text databases such as ProQuest, EBSCO, Emerald, Library Literature and Information Science databases. This paper is based on a systematic literature review method which includes 50 research articles and 5 print books. A total of 109 articles were collected at the beginning stage but after their analysis in detail, they were reduced to 50 articles as the rest of the articles did not exactly focus on adapting to change in academic libraries. Basic keyword and advanced searching options have been used to retrieve the relevant literature on the topic from peer-reviewed and scholarly resources. Findings Changes are the result of organizational restructuring, user expectations and accessibility to a growing range of digital content, so library professionals are under pressure to adopt change in academic libraries and introduce new services and technology. Library professionals need to change traditional ways of working and boost their knowledge and skills, collaborative attitude, redesign and policies and procedures and create a willingness to adapt to the change. Challenges can be managed if an individual has a keen interest and eagerness to keep up to date with the current knowledge and emerging trends in academic libraries. Research limitations/implications Appropriate literature on the topic was reviewed systematically, not all publications were included. Literature on this topic is relatively limited so more research and publications are needed to deal with current and future scenarios of academic libraries. Practical implications This paper offers a useful overview of the ways and approaches used to adopting change by library professionals and the approaches that can be used in the current and future settings of academic libraries. Suggestions and recommendations can be used in the field of LIS, as well as library professionals may apply in the academic and research libraries to effectively change. Originality/value This paper focuses on the concept of adapting to change in academic libraries, rather than responding to change. This piece of opinion contributes to library science in the area of how to manage and implement change, suggests ways and frameworks which can be used to adopting change by library professionals.

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Selected differences between directors and other personnel in assessment of their own U.S. academic library

Krämer

2021

SSRN Journal

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Perceptions and beliefs of academic librarians in Germany and the USA: a comparative study

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Changing behavior of academic libraries and role of library professionals

Changing behavior of academic libraries and role of library professionals

Adapting to change in academic libraries

Selected differences between directors and other personnel in assessment of their own U.S. academic library

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