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Author: Charles B. Lowry
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 23.80cm
Weight: 0.463kg
ISBN: 9781538106532
ISBN 10: 1538106531
Pages: 214
Publication Date: 31 August 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Lowry provides an excellent overview of the history and development of ClimateQUAL as an instrument to understand organizational culture and climate. Of particular note is the analysis of ClimateQUAL results linked to leadership effectiveness and how leadership may be evaluated as a contributor to a healthy organization. Lowry's ClimateQUAL examines the relationship between the two protocols of LibQUAL and ClimateQUAL demonstrating that a healthy organization contributes to a good service climate that is affirmed by library users. This research is helpful for organizations considering ClimateQUAL and a must read for organizations who are analyzing the results as it guides readers into the various applications of survey data. -- Maggie Farrell, Dean of Libraries, Clemson University It's about a lot more than libraries! This edited volume is a superb application of the thinking and measurement of organizational climate, in this case to libraries as organizational systems. The book provides insights into how leadership and diversity (among other issues) in libraries get played out in both a library's internal world and in the way it relates to its customers. ClimateQUAL is essential reading for any organization willing to learn how to do the hard work necessary to improve-and it is especially essential reading for libraries who know they can be better. -- Benjamin Schneider, professor emeritus, University of Maryland
Lowry provides an excellent overview of the history and development of ClimateQUAL as an instrument to understand organizational culture and climate. Of particular note is the analysis of ClimateQUAL results linked to leadership effectiveness and how leadership may be evaluated as a contributor to a healthy organization. Lowry's ClimateQUAL examines the relationship between the two protocols of LibQUAL and ClimateQUAL demonstrating that a healthy organization contributes to a good service climate that is affirmed by library users. This research is helpful for organizations considering ClimateQUAL and a must read for organizations who are analyzing the results as it guides readers into the various applications of survey data. -- Maggie Farrell, Dean of Libraries, Clemson University It's about a lot more than libraries! This edited volume is a superb application of the thinking and measurement of organizational climate, in this case to libraries as organizational systems. The book provides insights into how leadership and diversity (among other issues) in libraries get played out in both a library's internal world and in the way it relates to its customers. ClimateQUAL is essential reading for any organization willing to learn how to do the hard work necessary to improve-and it is especially essential reading for libraries who know they can be better. -- Benjamin Schneider, professor emeritus, University of Maryland ClimateQUAL is a unique and important tool for libraries to learn about their employee's views of the work environment in terms of leadership, fairness and the supports for diversity and inclusion. This book tells the story of ClimateQUAL's development and its infrastructural support for the community of library leaders. The expanded longitudinal analysis and comparative assessments of the vast accumulated data will enhance scholarship and the capacity for leaders to use their institution's ClimateQUAL results. The insights into how different demographic groups are experiencing library workplaces and the discussion of leadership's deep organizational impact on employee work experiences are important to those interested in promoting equity in library workplaces. All of this makes this book a unique and important addition to this area of scholarship and the library leader's toolkit. -- Brian Keith, associate dean for Administrative Services and Faculty Affairs, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida
Author Information
Charles B. Lowry, Ph.D., has had a 50-year career in US higher education. He retired as the Executive Director of the Association of Research Libraries (2008–2014). Prior to that he was the Dean of Libraries at the University of Maryland College Park (1996–2008). Lowry has directed five academic and research libraries, including service as University Librarian at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh where he led significant information technology initiatives (1992–1996). His service includes director of libraries at University of Texas Arlington, University of South Alabama and Elon College (now University).
