Cover -- Leadership in Libraries: A focus on ethnic-minority librarians -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- List of abbreviations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- About the author -- Introduction -- What is ethnic-minority leadership? -- Who are visible minorities? -- Focus of this book -- Diversity in diversity -- Minority leadership -- Literature on minority leadership in libraries -- Conclusions -- References -- 1 Leadership as defined by culture, profession and gender -- Leadership and culture -- What is culture? -- How does culture shape a person? -- What is cultural intelligence? -- What is social intelligence? -- What is emotional intelligence? -- Leadership and occupation -- Can leadership be taught? -- Managers as leaders -- Leadership and discrimination -- Women and leadership -- So what is leadership? -- References -- 2 Managers and leaders -- Who are leaders? -- Who are managers? -- The origin of managers or management -- The evolvement of management -- Are there differences between managers and leaders? -- Commonalities -- Libraries and their leaders and managers -- Motivating ethnic minorities -- Leaders and motivation -- What is motivation and how does one motivate others? -- Team motivation -- Classical theory -- Early behavioral theory -- Contemporary motivation theories -- References -- 3 Leadership styles -- What is leadership style? -- Theories of leadership -- Styles that work -- Factors in leadership style -- Do women leaders have a different leadership style? -- References -- 4 Leadership skills -- Time management and being organized -- Communication skills and cultural differences -- Kinds of communication -- Electronic communication -- Language and communication -- Critical thinking skills -- Conceptual and decision-making skills -- Fiscal skills -- Technical skills.

Human relations skills (or people skills) -- References -- 5 Leadership in school, public, and academic libraries in the US, the UK, Canada and Australia -- School libraries and leadership -- Lack of applications from school librarians -- Public libraries and leadership -- What are public libraries doing about ethnic-minority leadership? -- Leadership programs for public librarians -- How can leadership help public librarians? -- Leadership in academic libraries -- Leadership programs for ethnic-minority librarians in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia -- Statistically speaking -- Ethnic-minority librarians survey -- Survey for deans and directors of libraries -- Survey for deans and directors of library schools -- References -- 6 Conclusion -- Bad leadership -- References -- Appendix A: questions for ethnic-minority librarians -- Personal information -- Educational information -- Work experience -- Your organization -- Leaders -- Appendix B: questions for deans and directors of libraries -- Appendix C: questions for deans and directors of library schools -- Index.