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Ana Mae Bantad-Cantel, MLIS

LIBRARY LEADERSHIP

and MANAGEMENT

PASLI 38th General Assembly and National Conference, Diversion 21 Hotel, Iloilo City, April 20, 2016

Dendrology 101


Photo credit: https://redd.it/31ikyyPhoto credit: www.flickriver.com

A Banyan (also Banian)

is a fig that starts its

life as an epiphyte

(a plant growing on

another plant) when its

seeds germinate in the

cracks and crevices on

a host tree or on

buildings and bridges.Source: http://blog.janoindia.com/the-

many-uses-of-the-banyan-tree/

Indian tree (Polyalthia longifolia)

is a small tree that grows to a

height of 15 m, with a high and

narrow shape. A native of India and

Sri Lanka, it was recently

introduced to the Philippines and

has become so popular that it is

now widely cultivated throughout

the country. It is functional as a

high fence, but somewhat useless

at a shade tree.Source:

http://www.manilaoldtimer.net/Trees%20of%20Alabang%20Hills/in

diantree.html


http://blog.janoindia.com/the-many-uses-of-the-banyan-tree/

http://www.manilaoldtimer.net/Trees of Alabang Hills/indiantree.html

When I think about leadership and management…


Objectives: focusing on issues and concerns in…

Management and Leadership

of rapid turn-over of librarians

Librarians competencies stated in the

National Competency Based Standards

for Filipino Librarians (NCBSFL) with focus on Library Leadership

Leadership and management in

collection development, physical facilities and enhancing infrastructures

Leadership and management to address

current and prevailing issues like

internet access and uneven access to information

Leadership and management to share

technical expertise to be able to adopt to standardized practices

Leadership and management

in developing of important local or historical collection


in developing competencies to adopt to ASEAnization


in facilitating fast and

efficient delivery of services through information support


Management and Leadership in rapid turn-over of library administration

Library managers must have

vision for the library and the

organization/ institution served.

Every library manager must in still

individual and organizational readiness for change.

Exodus of academic librarians to

public libraries

Generation X vs Millenials in

library administration

http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/philippines


VISION clarifies the

purposes of the

organization and

expresses what it

hopes to be in the

future. (Schemerhorn ) PRIVATE

COLLEGE IN ROXAS CITY Librarian II

Division of Roxas City

Jack Cabangal

PLAI National Congress 2015 (Laoag, Ilocos Norte)

- workshop summary = 37 perceived leadership issues

Totanes (2015)


Who are they and where are we?Baby Boomers - born between 1946 and 1964

Generation X – born between 1965 and 1979

Millennials - born between 1980 and 2000

Challenges?

1. In USA , many of whom entered the

profession as a second career or later in life.

2. as many as 60% of current librarians are

predicted to retire by 2025.

3. Poor retention of Generation X librarians =

impending library staffing shortage or lead

to a leadership gap in libraries. (Bloomquist, 2014)


Librarians competencies stated in the National Competency Based

Standards for Filipino Librarians (NCBSFL)

with focus on Library Leadership


Librarians competencies stated in the National Competency Based Standards for

Filipino Librarians (NCBSFL) with focus on Library Leadership

• Demonstrates faith in library’s mission and vision; inspire others

• Identifies the appropriate; timing to act

• Works to meet or exceed goals; by eliminating obstacles

Aligns efforts with the vision and direction of the organization

• Accepts and actively assumes leadership roles…

• Takes initiative…

• Maintains a positive attitude…

• Upholds integrity and high ethical standards…

• Empowers others…

• Researches on latest trends..

Demonstrates an aptitude for leadership

• Maintains the openness to accept changes…

• Anticipates future trends and recommends changes…

• Explores and adopts new technologies…

• Takes reasonable risks to test implement changes…

Anticipates and adapts to changes, developments and challenges


Leadership and management in collection development,

physical facilities and enhancing infrastructures

“Bureaucracy and red tape hinder acquisition and impact

collection development .There are

times librarians are frustrated by

bad policies from the

institution or government that

hinder their efforts to carry out their

task in the most professional manner

in order to create a collection that

will greatly benefit their

users and by using their budget

in the most effective way. “

(Yeow-Fei )


Leadership and management in collection development, physical

facilities and enhancing infrastructures

ACQUISITIONS ISSUES

“The bottom line of any library’s acquisition function is to acquire ALL the

library materials the library intends to collect according to the collection

development policy and by obtaining the materials in the quickest manner

and the most cost effective way. This sounds simple yet it

involves the professionalism of the collection development and

acquisitions librarians working together, often with a

reliable vendor to achieve the goals.”

“Finally we come to the issue of money. I have never met a

single librarian among the thousands of them I have

met over the years who has ever told me that he had

more than enough funds for his library. Librarians are

always complaining about the lack of money.” (Yeow-Fei )

Source: http://rizal.lib.admu.edu.ph/rlconflibmgt/PDF/yee.pdf


We will never know

who will talk the what

to whom!

NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND TRENDS IN BOOK ACQUISITION

“One of the new developments and trends in acquisition for Asian academic libraries is the

forming of consortia for acquisition to create value and bring

maximum benefits to all participating libraries”

“The economies of scale provide for a close working relationship with the

supplier in getting the books at the most cost-effective manner and

fastest possible speed. The professionalism and state-of-the-art

vendor system will also greatly enhance the duties of collection development and

acquisition librarians.” (Yeow-Fei )


OhioLINK, USA www.ohiolink.edu/about/what-is-ol.htmlARLAC, Academic & Research Libraries Acquisitions Consortium, Australia www.caval.edu.au

CONZULAC Acquisitions Consortium, New Zealand www.conzul.ac.nz

Leadership and management in collection development, physical

facilities and enhancing infrastructures

1. Inter-Institutional Consortium of Libraries started

in February 21, 1980

2. Iloilo Medical and Allied Health Consortium or

IMAHC - first local Consortium for medical and allied

health libraries and information center (2015)


Libraries are there

because it is

required in the

standards, thus

provisions for

expansion and

development may

not be projected.

Leadership and management in collection development, physical facilities and enhancing infrastructures


Leadership and management to address current and prevailing issues like internet access and uneven access to information

“Librarians must have the

persuading charisma to

convince administrators to

capitalize on technology.” Alenzuela, R. (2014)

“The more developed library had a

librarian who enjoyed the

confidence of the school principal,

district supervisor, and even the

mayor. Whereas the librarian in the

less developed library—despite

having more assistants than the other

librarian—could not even get the

different subject departments to

entrust the collections in their offices

to the library.”Totanes (2005)


“What I’m saying is that before

we can even talk about money,

we need leaders who can

communicate what an

increased budget for the

library can contribute to its

parent-institution’s mission.

As I discovered through my

thesis, two individuals given

similar amounts of money will

not necessarily achieve similar

goals. It is not money that will

put knowledge to

work. People will put

knowledge to work.” Totanes (2005)

Leadership and management to address current and prevailing issues like

internet access and uneven access to information


LIBRARIANS & INFORMATION

PROFESSIONALS

Technostress –

“is the trends and challenges

of the librarians in the 21st

century knowledge

management. It is a modern

disease of adaptation caused

by an inability to cope with

the new technologies in a

healthy manner. It manifests

itself in the struggle to

accept technological

innovations.”Laspiñas, M. (2015)

Leadership and management to address current and prevailing issues like internet access and uneven access to information

Level of Technostress of Librarians in terms of Physical

Aspects.

Level of Technostress of Librarians in terms of

Emotional Aspects.

Level of Technostress of Librarians in terms of Behavioral Aspects.

Level of Technostress of Librarians in terms of Psychological Aspects.


Leadership and management to share technical expertise to be able to adopt to standardized practices

Source: paarl.wikispaces.com/file/view/Abrigo%20Knowledge-for-Development-Center-changing-the-way-we-do-library-and-knowledge-service.pdf


“Library leaders must

motivate colleagues with technical knowledge

to transfer/ share

knowledge through

trainings”Alenzuela, R. (2014)

“A structured Annual Training Plan,

based on institutional and

departmental strategic objectives, is

imperative for successful

implementation, together with good

collaboration and partnerships. It is

important to ensure that the needs of

users are regularly assessed and that

staff has the necessary skills to assist

with and enhance the user

experience.” Lockhart 2 012)

Leadership and management to share technical expertiseto be able to adopt to standardized practices

Leadership and management in developing

of important local or historical collection

Source: Arlante, S.M. / paarl.wikispaces.com





Source: http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2015/07/29/what-to-collect/



___________

____________

___________

____________

• what is your purpose in collecting

archival materials?

• Whom are you trying to serve with

these materials? students? Local

historians?

• What other archival repositories,

including local historical societies,

operate in your area? What do they

collect? Are they accessible to the

public? To students?

• Will your collection compete with these

organizations, or will it provide access

to materials that they don’t have?

• Have you spoken with the

administrators of these

organizations to determine whether

your collection might enhance or

detract from theirs?PASLI 38th General Assembly and National Conference, Diversion 21 Hotel, Iloilo City, April 20, 2016

Leadership and management in developing competencies to adopt to ASEAnization

1. Keeping abreast with global issues and regional concerns.

Local Government Offices:43,755

Top Corporations:1,000+

Secondary Schools:6,002

National Government Offices:

1,000+

Tertiary Schools:4,323

Elementary Schools:37,338

Demand for Librarians

Cruz, S. (2015)


Actual demand:

50,000+

Licensed librarians:

7,783


Keeping abreast with global issues, regional concerns and local scenarios.

Source: http://www.slideshare.net/shirleyinglescruz/philippine-librarianship(2015)


2. Equip staff and colleagues to be able to handle challenges and changes.


Evidence-Based Practice is about

celebrating the understood, not the found.

CELEBRATING THE FOUND

Number of classes in the library

Number of library items borrowed

Number of students using the library at lunch times

Number of items purchased annually

Number of web searches

Number of books lostTodd, R.J.(2002)


2. Equip staff and colleagues to be able to handle challenges and changes.


Evidence-Based Practice is about

celebrating the understood, not the found.

CELEBRATING THE UNDERSTOODUnderstanding how school libraries help students

learn: Learning outcomes in terms of:

Information processes Information technologyReadingKnowledge outcomes – mastery of

content

Independent learning Attitudes and values of information,

learning Todd, R.J.(2002)PASLI 38th General Assembly and National Conference, Diversion 21 Hotel, Iloilo City, April 20, 2016


Benefits of Evidence-Based Practice

- Provides evidence that library program makes a difference to learning outcomes

- Basis for targeting time, energies and scarce resources

• Helps you not to do things that do not work or that do not matter

• Reflective, iterative process of informing instructional process: it informs, not misleads or detracts from day-to-day practice

• Job satisfaction and confidence in the role that library plays in the school

• Moves beyond subjective, guess work, hunches, and advocacy Todd, R.J.(2002)


Leadership and management in facilitating fast and efficient delivery of services through information support

How can your SCHOOL LIBRARY show that it:

Is a knowledge space?

Is a center for learning activism?

Actively contributes to the school as a

thinking community?

Shows that it makes a difference to

student learning?

Photo credit to ownersPASLI 38th General Assembly and National Conference, Diversion 21 Hotel, Iloilo City, April 20, 2016


Moving from a VICTIMmindset: No one is going to rescue you, but you!

SEEING is BELIEVING: what does your school see you doing? Educator? Manager? Curator? Book Stamper? Dragon at the Door? Shusher?

From LIABILITY to LIBERATION: Making issues more invisible (censorship, copyright, plagiarism, rules, regulations, resourcing, technology, staffing needs) and learning outcomes more visible

Todd, R.J.(2002)PASLI 38th General Assembly and National Conference, Diversion 21 Hotel, Iloilo City, April 20, 2016

Think differently Power and Influence help define self

esteem (action, evidence, outcomes) Think outside the box to change

inside the box Understand the school as a

bureaucracy of inter-locking dependencies

Map your relationships, identify dependents, demonstrate mutual support

Work with what you can changeWork smarter, not harder Get to love your Principal’s secretary

Personal

Professional

Influence


INFLUENCE IS DERIVED FROM THE PERCEPTIONS OF OTHERS. KEY IS SHAPING THE

PERCEPTIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE

Todd, R.J.(2002)


Get to love your Principal’s secretary!

WHO wouldn’t love her? Bwahahahaha!


Thinking Outside the Borderswas a collaboration of the:

Mortenson Center for International Library Programs

University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign

142 Undergraduate Library, MC-522

1402 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, Illinois 61801 USA

http://www.library.uiuc.edu/mortenson/

Leadership Qualities for Future Library Leaders:

Carol’s 10 Steps to Being a Great Library Leader

Carol A. Brey-CasianoDirector of Libraries, El Paso Public Library


Step #1: Find a good mentor/ BE a good mentor

LEADERSHIP QUALITIES FOR FUTURE LIBRARY LEADERS:

CAROL’S 10 STEPS TO BEING A GREAT LIBRARY LEADER

Step #2: Learn how to follow first

Step #3: Be Visionary

Step #4: Be a Good Servant

Step #5: Take risks

Step #6: Take care of yourself

Step #7: Maintain a positive attitude

Step #8: Never turn down a leadership position…even if it means managing

your kid’s soccer team. (or PTA! or Homeowners association!)

Step #9: Learn how to motivate people effectively


Step #10: Keep your sense of humor!

Would you care to be a

library leader?

CONFIDENTLY

beautiful/handsome

Library Leader, with a

Leaders Care - Leadership Story and Inspiring Leadership Video.mp4

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