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Pugh, Lyndon. Leadership and Learning: Helping Libraries and Librarians Reach Their Potential. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8108-4146-0. $35.00. Purchase from Amazon.com.
Freelance trainer and former Ariadne managing editor Lyndon Pugh here provides a comprehensive overview of the literature on learning and library organizations. He demonstrates the importance, in the modern library, of understanding the theories behind both workplace learning and the organizational structures and attitudes supporting that learning. Library organizations today, facing the challenges of technological and societal change, need to adapt their training programs and attitude toward work-based learning to support flexibility, creativity, and continuous learning. Case studies showing the process of organizational transformation in several types of libraries will be particularly helpful to managers and change agents, and Pugh's academic yet readable style will be appreciated by those seeking solid theories to underpin their training and staff development efforts. Although the title has a mild UK focus, its insights are applicable to libraries everywhere.