Leadership Development and Management Training Program in a Large Urban Public Library

Date of Award

5-5-2024

Degree Name

Ed.D. in Leadership for Organizations

Department

Department of Educational Administration

Advisor/Chair

Greg Smith

Abstract

A system-wide training program in a large, urban public library system is sought relating to library administration's expectations of branch manager roles in the field while developing library leaders. This study employed a qualitative phenomenological methodology to investigate branch manager perspectives on the needs of front-facing managers and their prospects as leaders within the library system. Emergent themes of the study included communication issues between site managers and system-wide administration, subject matter areas for the proposed program, and the viability of engaging branch managers through sustained leadership development. The study proposes a relevant action research plan to develop, implement and maintain a leadership development and management training program.

Keywords

library administration, library management, branch managers, public libraries, leadership development, management training, action plan, action research

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Copyright 2024, author

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