TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– To examine the nature of leadership as a set of skills that can be acquired, vs the argument that they are skills a person either has or has not, and discuss this in relation to the recent focus on leadership in libraries.Design/methodology/approach– The article is a reflective opinion.Findings– Argues that an over‐emphasis on leadership in the library manager is a potential danger to the collegiality of the profession, and that leadership is such a diversely interpreted term that it leads to a mishmash of ideas and emphases within the wider profession.Practical implications– Relates to a topic much debated and discussed in recent years within the library profession.Originality/value– The article takes a reflective and critical stance towards the discourse around leadership.
VL  - 57
IS  - 4
SN  - 0024-2535
DO  - 10.1108/00242530810868698
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/00242530810868698
AU  - McMenemy David
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - “Or you got it or you ain't”: the nature of leadership in libraries
T2  - Library Review
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 265
EP  - 268
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -