Editorial
Heather MacDonald
Associate Editor (Evidence Summaries)
Health and Biosciences Librarian
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Email: heather.macdonald@carleton.ca
2022 MacDonald. This
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DOI: 10.18438/eblip30275
The Evidence Summaries (ESs) in this issue focus on
the EBLIP domain of management. Koufogiannakis et al. (2004) define this domain
as “Managing people and resources within an organization. This includes
marketing and promotion as well as human resources” (p. 233).
Much of the recent library management literature
concentrates on the COVID-19 context. This series of ESs is no exception. They
touch on flexible work arrangements (here to stay), resilience (challenges in
achieving it), and impact of organization culture on staff morale (all about
connection, respect, and value) during the pandemic. In addition, these ESs
critically appraise articles on agile project management (a how-to), managing
change (a blueprint for tackling it), and again on staff morale (evidence of
low morale in public libraries).
There are myriad challenges and opportunities in
libraries for leaders, managers, and staff.
The ESs in this issue give a taste of some of these. Evidence of the
nature of these challenges and theoretical and concrete examples of how to
address them are highlighted. We hope you find helpful ideas and tools that you
can bring to your own libraries.
Koufogiannakis, D., Slater, L., & Crumley, E. (2004). A Content
Analysis of Librarianship Research. Journal of Information Science, 30(3),
227–239. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551504044668