{"title":"Communities of Practice as a Professional Development Tool for Management and Leadership Skills in Libraries","authors":"Heather Weltin, N. Schultz","doi":"10.5860/llm.v33i3.7347","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In 2012, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's General Libraries developed a community of practice to improve management and leadership skills in staff. This article examines the theories behind communities of practice, the process used by UW-Madison to establish the communities of practice and the results.","PeriodicalId":404822,"journal":{"name":"Library Leadership & Management","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Library Leadership & Management","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5860/llm.v33i3.7347","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
Abstract
In 2012, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's General Libraries developed a community of practice to improve management and leadership skills in staff. This article examines the theories behind communities of practice, the process used by UW-Madison to establish the communities of practice and the results.