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MANAGING
CREATIVITY
The Innovative Research Library
Ronald C. Jantz
Association of College and Research Libraries
A division of the American Library Association
Chicago, Illinois 2016
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Jantz, Ronald C., author.
Title: Managing creativity : the innovative research library / Ronald C.
Jantz.
Description: Chicago : Association of College and Research Libraries, a
division of the American Library Association, 2016. | Series: Publications
in librarianship ; no. 70 | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016004615| ISBN 9780838988343 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN
9780838988350 (pdf) | ISBN 9780838988367 (epub) | ISBN 9780838988374
(kindle)
Subjects: LCSH: Research libraries--Administration. | Academic
libraries--Administration. | Research libraries--Technological
innovations. | Academic libraries--Technological innovations. |
Organizational change. | Libraries and colleges--United States.
Classification: LCC Z675.R45 J36 2016 | DDC 025.1/97--dc23 LC record available at
http://lccn.loc.gov/2016004615
Copyright ©2016 by the Association of College and Research Libraries.
All rights reserved except those which may be granted by Sections 107 and 108 of the
Copyright Revision Act of 1976.
Printed in the United States of America.
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Contents
FOREWORD ........................................................................................................ V
PREFACE ............................................................................................................ XI
Overview of Organization and Chapters
Who Will Find This Book Useful?
Empirical Study Sample and Design
To Innovation Skeptics
Author’s Note
Acknowledgments
PART ONE—INNOVATION....................................................1
CHAPTER 1. Libraries: Change and Resistance to Change ................................. 3
CHAPTER 2.
Thinking Differently about
Research Library Innovations
.................................................................. 15
CHAPTER 3.
The Spread of the Innovation
throughout the Organization
.................................................................. 29
PART TWO—THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ..............................43
CHAPTER 4.
The Research Model and Innovation
in the Research Library
........................................................................... 45
CHAPTER 5.
Library Leadership: A Shared Activity
........................................... 65
CHAPTER 6.
The Flexible Organization and Library Culture
............................. 77
CHAPTER 7.
Organizational Structures: Loose or Tight?
.................................. 93
CHAPTER 8.
Trigger Events and Jolts from the External Environment
........... 105
CHAPTER 9.
Unexpected Results: The Demographics
of the Leadership Team
........................................................................ 117
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART THREE — AN INNOVATIVE CULTURE ........................127
CHAPTER 10.
Management Innovations: Creating
the Innovative Culture
.......................................................................... 129
CHAPTER 11.
The Singular Leader, Radical Innovations,
and For-Profit Firms
............................................................................. 145
CHAPTER 12.
The Innovative Library: The Vision
and the Transformation
........................................................................ 157
APPENDICES .................................................................................................. 165
Appendix A. The 32 Research Library Innovations
Appendix B. Independent and Control Variables
Appendix C. Correlations of 17 Variables with Innovation Performance
Appendix D. Means and Standard Deviations
Appendix E. Statistical Tests for Nonresponse Bias: Size and Region
INDEX ............................................................................................................. 175
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