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    Leadership in Libraries: A Focus on Ethnic-Minority Librarians
    Leadership in Libraries: A Focus on Ethnic-Minority Librarians
    Leadership in Libraries: A Focus on Ethnic-Minority Librarians
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    Leadership in Libraries: A Focus on Ethnic-Minority Librarians

    By Maha Kumaran

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    The efforts of ethnic-minority librarians to become leaders in Western libraries are an important topic for any librarian working towards becoming a leader, with issues such as cross-cultural leadership relevant for all aspiring librarians.Leadership in Libraries covers leadership in various areas, provides examples of successful minority leaders in different fields and statistical data on minorities and librarians in several countries. The title probes library school programs and their efforts to develop leadership skills among librarians in general, and among minority librarians in particular. The book begins by introducing the concept of ethnic-minority leadership, moving on in the first chapter to definitions by culture, profession, and gender. The next three chapters consider managers as leaders, leadership styles, skills, and leadership in school, public and academic libraries in the US, the UK, Canada and Australia. The final chapter includes instances of bad leadership, and offers a conclusion.
    • Presents information on learning and developing leadership skills
    • Assesses current and relevant statistical data on minority librarians in Canada, US and UK
    • Explores information on leadership related courses offered in library schools
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElsevier Science
    Release dateFeb 23, 2012
    ISBN9781780633084
    Leadership in Libraries: A Focus on Ethnic-Minority Librarians
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    Maha Kumaran

    Maha Kumaran is currently the Liaison Librarian for the Colleges of Nursing and Nutrition at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. As the liaison librarian she collaborates with faculty to teach undergraduate and graduate students. Students from the College of Nursing are located all over the province, the country and beyond. Depending on the locality of the students, she either teaches in-person or via Web-Ex, Skype, Blackboard Collaborate or by using the Remote Desktop Connection. She has recorded videos using Camtasia and has made it available for students through her nursing research guide. She would like to continue to explore how best to teach nursing students in a distributed learning environment. Her academic interests are in the area of multiculturalism, minorities and currently distributed learning environment.

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      Leadership in Libraries - Maha Kumaran

      2011

      Introduction

      Abstract: Canada, Australia, the UK, and the US have a considerable number of minority immigrants and many more continue to move there. The social make-up of these immigrants has changed from earlier times – there are more from Asia, Africa, and the Middle-East moving to these countries. These immigrants, in spite of their education and experience from their home countries, often have a difficult time finding jobs and settling in, let alone trying to be leaders in their field. They need help in securing a place in the community, finding a job that they are trained for, and then becoming leaders in their organization. This is minority leadership and it is different from cross-cultural leadership. There are also differences between a first generation immigrant minority leader and leaders from the second or third generation immigrant population. While the last two identify themselves with what is their native culture, first generation immigrants are still torn between their native culture and the new culture in which they live. This may not be true of all immigrant minorities – some seek and find opportunities and flourish quickly, others take a long time, and many just focus on their children’s

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