id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-15515 Winston, Mark D.; Dunkley, Lisa Leadership Competencies for Academic Librarians: The Importance of Development and Fund-raising 2002-03-01 12 .pdf application/pdf 6785 241 33 The statement of leadership competencies has been intended to “identify a small set of attributes that successful leaders pos- sess, articulate them in ways that could be transferred across all leaders, and cre- ate leadership development experiences to ensure that future leaders possess these attributes. The research presented here describes the areas of expertise, experience, and skills associated with academic development positions in colleges and universities as a basis for identifying leadership competencies that are relevant to aca- demic librarians and administrators. ithin the context of increasing competitiveness; limited re- sources; demands for greater accountability to stakeholders; the requirements of a diverse, technologi- cally astute, and demanding user popu- lation; and organizational challenges such as changing structures and greater use of team-based decision-making, the effective organizational leadership of academic li- braries is of growing importance. cache/crl-15515.pdf txt/crl-15515.txt