The structure and experience of interim roles in academic health sciences libraries

Results show that interim leaders were given adequate authority and support, but that organizations were not necessarily prepared for the interim leader, lacking policies, procedures, and clear expectations related to the position. Libraries can better prepare for the future by creating permanent structures and policies to facilitate the transition into and out of interim leadership.

Authors

Rasha Alsaadawi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8936-5684)
Roy Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0627-9132)
Emily Hurst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4191-1938)
John W. W. Cyrus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5331-5151)
Roy Sabo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9159-4876)

Institutions

University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
Virginia Commonwealth University (US)

Publication Details

Journal: Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA
Published: 2025-04-18
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2025.1924
Citations: 1
Primary Topic: Health Sciences Research and Education
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 2.82

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The structure and experience of interim roles in academic health sciences libraries

Rasha Alsaadawi, Roy Brown, Emily Hurst, John W. W. Cyrus et al.

Apr 18, 2025

1 citations

Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA

Health Sciences Research and Education

2.82

article

The structure and experience of interim roles in academic health sciences libraries

Rasha Alsaadawi, Roy Brown, Emily Hurst, John W. W. Cyrus, Roy Sabo

April 18, 2025article en

1 citations

Abstract

Results show that interim leaders were given adequate authority and support, but that organizations were not necessarily prepared for the interim leader, lacking policies, procedures, and clear expectations related to the position. Libraries can better prepare for the future by creating permanent structures and policies to facilitate the transition into and out of interim leadership.

Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLAVol. 113(2)

University of Maryland, Baltimore (US), Virginia Commonwealth University (US)

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Openalex Percentile: Top 12%

Health Sciences Research and Education

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