Change Management and Leadership

Change is a given in 21st century libraries: intrusive, exhilarating, and growing in strength and frequency. Being an effective change agent and coping with change partly depends on your sense of perspective. Once you understand how change impacts other people and the library as a whole, you can increase the benefits and lower the costs (and stress) for yourself and others.

We cannot promise that this course will either turn back the clock or guarantee that everyone in your library will unquestioningly accept change. However, there are benefits from studying other people's experiences and some of the effective principles and practices of change management.