Nancy Allen

Managing technology: Innovation: Who's in charge here?

Abstract It is easy to get mired in the demanding routines of the day-to-day obligations of academic library work. Managers need look no further than the daily schedule of their calendar, the inbox on their desk or in their e-mail to find more to do than the day allows. Unfortunately, this is not a time to focus a great deal on the work which maintains the old paradigm, as important as it still is. Leadership will mean pushing the envelope of change and taking risks which help increment progress in both small and large ways. Nancy Allen and Jim Williams have prescribed some good sense principles in their essay for balancing old demands with new. However, the key insight they propose is the strategy of technology partnerships.—C.B.L.