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I. Views from the corridors of power : the political and global perspective -- Painting the books on the walls : why libraries have lost their way and how they can discover their real purpose in a fragmented world / Richard Heseltine -- 'The way we do things around here' : an analytical framework for managing cultural change in public libraries / John Pateman -- Leading liberation in the library / Leo Appleton -- II. The re-birth of libraries - new business models and re-generation of services -- Do library partnerships work and how they can help build a strong future for the library? / Judith Keene and Janine Downes -- The 21st-century people's library / Liz McGettigan -- Repositioning the academic library to drive innovation and agility / Robert Moropa, Lindiwe Soyizwapi, Marguerite Nel and Isak van der Walt -- III. Who really matters? User communities and alignment -- Students lead the future : academic library space and place / Margaret Weaver -- Leading change in medical libraries in Sweden / Lotta Haglund, Annikki Roos and Petra Wallgren Björk -- Corporate library as the organisation's mothership / Shaunna Mireau -- IV. The future library professional - horizons and challenges -- Databrarian ed? Preparing information specialists for participation in an open datafied society / Sheila Corrall -- Digital opportunities : what digital skills do library staff need in a changing world? and do they have them? / Rosie Jones -- Top down and bottom up - the librarian as a senior leader and preparing for senior leadership by 'managing up' / Rebecca Davies.

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