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Book Synopsis
Draws on evidence-based research, professional expertise, and personal experience to address the practical implications that arise from the decision to appoint interim leaders. Authors from a variety of institutions who have served in many different interim roles explore this unique type of leadership.

Table of Contents
  • Introduction. Question Your Assumptions About Interim Leadership
    Jennifer E. Knievel and Leslie J. Reynolds
  • Section I: Building Relationships for Interim Leaders
    Chapter 1. Interim Leadership by the Numbers: Leadership Turnover in Academic Libraries
    Jennifer E. Knievel
  • Chapter 2. The “Double Dean”: Embracing the Unexpected Opportunities of a Non-librarian Interim Dean
    L. Angie Ohler, Adriana Gonzalez, and Lynda Coon
  • Chapter 3. Building Trust: The Reluctant Interim
    Edward A. (Tony) Brewer
  • Section II: Leading with Confidence
    Chapter 4. “Acting Up,” Or Just Acting?
    Rebecca Hutchins
  • Chapter 5. When the Real Dean Gets Here
    Deirdre A. Scaggs
  • Chapter 6. Overcoming Interim Inertia
    Lisa Tyson
  • Chapter 7. Finding the Way Forward: Expectations for Interim Law Library Directors
    Billie Jo Kaufman and James M. Donovan
  • Section III: Making Long-Term Decisions as an Interim Leader
    Chapter 8. Taking the Wheel in Choppy Waters: Leading Transformational Change as an Interim Head During a Crisis
    Suzanne Wones and Claire DeMarco
  • Chapter 9. Tackling a Reorganization as an Interim Administrator
    Vickery Kaye Lebbin
  • Chapter 10. Strategic Planning in Times of Transition: When Interim Becomes the Strategy
    Katy B. Mathuews, Miriam Nelson, and Hanna Schmillen
  • Section IV: Leading Through Contraction: When No One Can be Hired
    Chapter 11. Avoiding Freezer Burn: Before, During, and After of a Hiring Freeze
    Karen Rupp-Serrano
  • Chapter 12. Caught in Red Tape: Changing Administrations, Multiple Vacancies, and Interim Leadership in Federal Libraries*
    Kari Anderson and M. Kathleen Kern
  • Chapter 13. Interim Management During a Hiring Freeze, Salary Freeze, and Salary Reduction
    Shelly McCoy
  • Section V: Moving On: When the Dust Settles
    Chapter 14. Developing Prospective Interim and Future Academic Library Leaders: Reflections for Leadership Practice
    Denise Stephens
  • Chapter 15. How Much Do You Really Want to Know? When the Interim Dean Onboards the New Dean and Offboards Themselves
    Leslie J. Reynolds and Holly E. Jeffcoat
  • Chapter 16. What Now? Reflections on When You Are No Longer the Interim Leader
    Jennifer E. Knievel and Leslie J. Reynolds
  • Biographies

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        Publisher: MP-ALA American Library Assoc
        Publication Date: 6/30/2022 12:00:00 AM
        ISBN13: 9780838939154, 978-0838939154
        ISBN10: 0838939155
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        Description

        Book Synopsis
        Draws on evidence-based research, professional expertise, and personal experience to address the practical implications that arise from the decision to appoint interim leaders. Authors from a variety of institutions who have served in many different interim roles explore this unique type of leadership.

        Table of Contents
        • Introduction. Question Your Assumptions About Interim Leadership
          Jennifer E. Knievel and Leslie J. Reynolds
        • Section I: Building Relationships for Interim Leaders
          Chapter 1. Interim Leadership by the Numbers: Leadership Turnover in Academic Libraries
          Jennifer E. Knievel
        • Chapter 2. The “Double Dean”: Embracing the Unexpected Opportunities of a Non-librarian Interim Dean
          L. Angie Ohler, Adriana Gonzalez, and Lynda Coon
        • Chapter 3. Building Trust: The Reluctant Interim
          Edward A. (Tony) Brewer
        • Section II: Leading with Confidence
          Chapter 4. “Acting Up,” Or Just Acting?
          Rebecca Hutchins
        • Chapter 5. When the Real Dean Gets Here
          Deirdre A. Scaggs
        • Chapter 6. Overcoming Interim Inertia
          Lisa Tyson
        • Chapter 7. Finding the Way Forward: Expectations for Interim Law Library Directors
          Billie Jo Kaufman and James M. Donovan
        • Section III: Making Long-Term Decisions as an Interim Leader
          Chapter 8. Taking the Wheel in Choppy Waters: Leading Transformational Change as an Interim Head During a Crisis
          Suzanne Wones and Claire DeMarco
        • Chapter 9. Tackling a Reorganization as an Interim Administrator
          Vickery Kaye Lebbin
        • Chapter 10. Strategic Planning in Times of Transition: When Interim Becomes the Strategy
          Katy B. Mathuews, Miriam Nelson, and Hanna Schmillen
        • Section IV: Leading Through Contraction: When No One Can be Hired
          Chapter 11. Avoiding Freezer Burn: Before, During, and After of a Hiring Freeze
          Karen Rupp-Serrano
        • Chapter 12. Caught in Red Tape: Changing Administrations, Multiple Vacancies, and Interim Leadership in Federal Libraries*
          Kari Anderson and M. Kathleen Kern
        • Chapter 13. Interim Management During a Hiring Freeze, Salary Freeze, and Salary Reduction
          Shelly McCoy
        • Section V: Moving On: When the Dust Settles
          Chapter 14. Developing Prospective Interim and Future Academic Library Leaders: Reflections for Leadership Practice
          Denise Stephens
        • Chapter 15. How Much Do You Really Want to Know? When the Interim Dean Onboards the New Dean and Offboards Themselves
          Leslie J. Reynolds and Holly E. Jeffcoat
        • Chapter 16. What Now? Reflections on When You Are No Longer the Interim Leader
          Jennifer E. Knievel and Leslie J. Reynolds
        • Biographies

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