从学习中培养领导能力:记香港大学图书馆领导艺术研习班

何谓有效的组织领导?有效的图书馆领导需具备什么样的素质?这些素质是与生俱来的,还是可以后天培养?事实证明,领导技能是可以从学习中获得的,但是这种学习必须立足于实践而不单是理论,而且是一个持续不断的过程。2003年,香港大学图书馆发起了首届住宿型"图书馆领导艺术研习班",旨在为亚洲地区的高级图书馆人员提供一个学习新领导技能的机会,以适应信息产业创新管理和领导的需要。研习班吸引了来自中国大陆、香港、台湾、澳门、新加坡、马来西亚、泰国和菲律宾等国家和地区的代表。作者作为研习班的组织者和经常性主讲人,总结连续四次成功举办研习班的经验,简述为亚洲图书馆员开办领导技能研习班的目的及其操作的概况,并探讨亚洲图书馆员的领导技能需求的变化,以及研习班在何种程度上能满足他们的需要,最后,提出未来图书馆领导技能培养的方向。

LEADERSHIP THROUGH LEARNING: AN ACCOUNT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG LIBRARIES LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

In 2003, the University of Hong Kong Libraries launched its inaugural Library Leadership Institute. This residential leadership and management training experience is aimed at providing library directors and senior librarians from the East Asia region with the unique opportunity to develop new skills in the volatile area of innovative management and leadership in the information sector. Following four consecutively successful Institutes, this paper will draw on the experience gained in delivering such an Institute. With participants hailing from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and several other countries in the region, the author, who is also the principal organizer for the Institute and a regular facilitator, will briefly outline the purpose behind developing such an Institute for Asian librarians as well as an overview of the operations of the Institute. The paper will also discuss changing leadership needs of Asian librarians, as identified by participants of the Institute, and the degree to which such an Institute can realistically meet these needs. The paper will conclude with an overview of the likely future directioins for the Institute.