Workplace Culture in Academic Libraries: The Early 21st Century (Chandos Information Professional Series)

Workplace culture refers to conditions that collectively influence the work atmosphere. These can include policies, norms, and unwritten standards for behavior. This book focuses on various aspects of workplace culture in academic libraries from the practitioners' viewpoint, as opposed to that of the theoretician. The book asks the following questions: What conditions contribute to an excellent academic library work environment? What helps to make a particular academic library a great place to work? Articles focus on actual programs while placing the discussion in a scholarly context. The book is structured into 14 chapters, covering various aspects of workplace culture in academic libraries, including: overview of workplace culture, assessment, recruitment, acclimation for new librarians, workforce diversity, physical environment, staff morale, interaction between departments, tenure track/academic culture, mentoring/coaching, generational differences, motivation/incentives, complaints/conflict management, and organizational transparency.* Includes the most current best practices and models in academic libraries * Represents the viewpoints of both the employee and manager * Focuses on the academic library as workplace rather than as a service provider Content: Front matter , Pages i-iii Copyrights , Page iv List of figures and tables , Page xiii About the editors , Page xv About the contributors , Pages xvii-xxvii Introduction , Pages 1-4 1 - Organizational culture and leadership: exploring perceptions and relationships , Pages 7-20 , Pamela S. Bradigan, Lynda J. Hartel 2 - Building on our strengths: working towards a preferred workplace culture , Pages 21-38 , Carol Shepstone, Lyn Currie 3 - Organizational culture and administrative change: a case study at a metropolitan academic library , Pages 39-56 , Jason Martin 4 - Organizational climate assessment and improvement planning , Pages 59-78 , Patricia MacDonald 5 - Helping new librarians find success and satisfaction in the academic library , Pages 81-96 , Rebecca K. Miller 6 - Beyond diversity: moving towards inclusive work environments , Pages 99-110 , Paula M. Smith 7 - Cultural competencies in authentic leadership , Pages 111-124 , Joan Giesecke, Charlene Maxey-Harris 8 - Diversity and sensitivity in the workplace: understanding Asian Pacific American staff , Pages 125-144 , Anchalee Panigabutra-Roberts 9 - Challenges of redesigning staff work space , Pages 147-162 , Wyoma vanDuinkerken, Karen I. MacDonald 10 - All integration is local: merging cultures in an academic library , Pages 163-174 , Elizabeth J. Weisbrod 11 - Promoting and enabling civility in the academic library , Pages 175-186 , Loanne Snavely, Alexia Hudson 12 - Building staff morale and creating a positive workplace , Pages 189-200 , Eric Jennings, Kathryn Tvaruzka 13 - Interdepartmental communication in academic libraries , Pages 203-218 , Martha Mautino, Michael Lorenzen 14 - Interaction between departments: strategies for improving interdepartmental collaboration through communication , Pages 219-230 , Sever Bordeianu, Rebecca Lubas 15 - No middle ground? Perceptions and realities of the distinctions between tenured librarians and their professional colleagues , Pages 233-248 , Peter Hepburn 16 - Mentoring in academic libraries , Pages 251-262 , Diane Bruxvoort 17 - How transformational leadership translates into recognized excellence in academic libraries , Pages 263-274 , Rosalind Tedford, Lauren A. Corbett, Mary Beth Lock 18 - Generations at work: what we can learn from each other , Pages 277-290 , Martin Garnar, Erin McCaffrey 19 - Staff motivation at a university library: use of intrinsic motivation at Western Carolina University , Pages 293-304 , Peter Johnson, Mark A. Stoffan, Timothy V. Carstens 20 - Managing conflict and incivility in academic libraries , Pages 307-320 , Leah Plocharczyk 21 - The transparent organization: keeping staff in the loop , Pages 323-334 , Laura Blessing References , Pages 335-356 Index , Pages 357-359 Workplace culture refers to conditions that collectively influence the work atmosphere. These can include policies, norms, and unwritten standards for behavior. This book focuses on various aspects of workplace culture in academic libraries from the practitioners’ viewpoint, as opposed to that of the theoretician. The book asks the following questions: What conditions contribute to an excellent academic library work environment? What helps to make a particular academic library a great place to work? Articles focus on actual programs while placing the discussion in a scholarly context. The book is structured into 14 chapters, covering various aspects of workplace culture in academic libraries, including: overview of workplace culture, assessment, recruitment, acclimation for new librarians, workforce diversity, physical environment, staff morale, interaction between departments, tenure track/academic culture, mentoring/coaching, generational differences, motivation/incentives, complaints/conflict management, and organizational transparency.

• Includes the most current best practices and models in academic libraries
• Represents the viewpoints of both the employee and manager
• Focuses on the academic library as workplace rather than as a service provider

Blessinger and Hrycaj focus on various aspects of workplace culture in academic libraries from the practitioners viewpoint, digging into the questions of what conditions contribute to an excellent academic library work environment and what helps to make a particular academic library a great place to work. The books 14 chapters cover various aspects of workplace culture in academic libraries such as: Overview of workplace culture Service assessment Workforce diversity Physical environment Interaction between departments Tenure track and academic culture Generational differences, including mentoring and coaching