When Ants Carry Elephants: Applying the Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples to Library Leadership.

Cram, Jennifer

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ERIC Number: EJ513747

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Publication Date: 1995

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When Ants Carry Elephants: Applying the Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples to Library Leadership.

Cram, Jennifer

Library Administration and Management, v9 n4 p219-25 Fall 1995

Explores what the library profession can learn from indigenous peoples. Highlights include cooperation, decision making, improving management, using workplace stories to provide reinforcement for success, generosity in service principles, patience, developing information networks, and diversity. (AEF)

Descriptors: Cooperation, Decision Making, Diversity (Institutional), Indigenous Populations, Information Networks, Library Administration, Library Development, Library Services, Library Standards, Story Telling, Values

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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