Centro Escolar University
Graduate School
PART 1: List of Journal Articles used as references for the selection of research topic.
Title of the article
A Tool for Academic Libraries to Prioritize
Leadership Competencies
Evaluation Indicators for Green Libraries
and Library Eco-friendliness
What the article is all about
This article is about the
Hong Kong academic
librarians’ perception on
leadership capabilities
This study aimed to
determine eco-friendly
factors on the aspects of
library service, materials
provided or handled by the
library, and programs
including educational
programs. Furthermore, it
was setup to perform
a trial evaluation for the
eco-friendliness of the
library based on the
Thesis/ Dissertation Proposal Writing
RESEARCH SYNOPSIS
Objectives/ Research
questions
- how academic libraries
and librarians in Hong Kong
develop their leadership
capacity
- to determine eco-friendly
factors on the aspects of
library service, materials
provided or handled by the
library, and programs
including educational
programs.
Variables included in the
research
- Leadership capabilities
- competency in relation to
their current positions
- level of interest to develop
the competency
- Respondents' Affiliations
- Leadership Roles At
Current Position
- Years of Library Working
Experience
- areas of specialization
- Library innovations
- Land Use and Traffic
- Energy and Prevention of
Environmental Pollution
- Materials and Resources
- Water Circulation
Management
- Maintenance
- Ecological Environment
- Indoor Environment
- Library Resources
Research design that was References (cited using 7th
used ed. APA)
Qualitative Research Method Wong, G. K. (2019). A Tool
for Academic Libraries to
Prioritize Leadership
Competencies. College &
Research Libraries, 80(5),
597–617.
https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.8
0.5.597
Evaluation Research Design Noh, Y., & Ahn, I. (2018).
Evaluation Indicators for
Green Libraries and Library
Eco-friendliness.
International Journal of
Knowledge Content
Development and
Technology, 8(1), 51–77.
https://doi.org/10.5865/ijkct.
2018.8.1.051
 determined evaluation
standards by this study.
A framework for shared leadership: A This article discusses about
perspective on strategic planning for the development of shared
academic libraries leadership and its impact on
planning
Unsubstantiated Conclusions: A Scoping This article presents a
Review on Generational Differences of scoping review of the
Leadership in Academic Libraries literature on generational
expectations of academic
library leaders.
A perspective on academic library middle This article discusses
management in the COVID era several leadership styles
that consider the whole
person and can be effective
for academic library middle
managers as they navigate
the complexities of their
positions in the COVID-19
Era.
- To establish and
determine the priorities and
create plans to which
everyone will feel
committed and work to
achieve, develops the
problem-solving and
consensus-building skills
that are necessary for
meaningful participation in
planning processes.
- To find the qualities of
leadership within
generations?
- to know if leadership
development should be
redefined based on
generational divides
- To address the
management challenges
and solutions for
department heads in this
type of setting as it enters
the Covid-19 era.
- Eco-friendly Education
Program and Campaign
- Employees and
Operations
- Library strategic planning
- shared leadership
Academic library leaders in
generations
- academic libraries
- middle managers
- how does a middle
manager lead during the
pandemic?
- library management
- leadership styles
Case study Krier, L. (2022). A
framework for shared
leadership: A perspective
on strategic planning for
academic libraries. The
Journal of Academic
Librarianship, 48(6),
102503.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca
lib.2022.102503
Quantitative Research Heyns, E. P., Eldermire, E.
Method R. B., & Howard, H. A.
(2019). Unsubstantiated
Conclusions: A Scoping
Review on Generational
Differences of Leadership
in Academic Libraries. The
Journal of Academic
Librarianship, 45(5),
102054.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca
lib.2019.102054
Case study Bynoe, V. (2022). A
perspective on academic
library middle management
in the COVID era. The
Journal of Academic
Librarianship, 48(4),
102559.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca
lib.2022.102559
Academic libraries' leaders'
decision-making during the COVID-19
crisis
Assessment of employees' perception on
leadership and information services: a
study of the Sam Jonah Library (University
of Cape Coast) in Ghana.
Autocratic Leadership Style: Obstacle to
Success in Academic Libraries
This paper investigated
what type of changes
academic library leaders
had to decide upon during
the COVID-19 crisis and
how these strategic
decisions were made. It
also discusses the
significant challenges faced
by academic libraries with
their physical collections
and buildings during the
COVID-19 crisis, as they
had to quickly adapt to
offering their physical
services digitally.
This paper focuses on
assessing the perception of
employees on the
leadership of the library.
The purpose was to find
out how the leader (director)
has influenced the
behaviour of employees in
providing
information services.
This review is geared
towards reminding
Chief Librarians that
autocratic leadership style,
- What strategic changes
did academic libraries make
during the
COVID-19 crisis?
- How does the leaders'
decision-making in
academic libraries
change during the crisis?
- to find out how the leader
(director)influenced the
behaviour of the employees
as well as the library’s
culture in providing
information services.
- The pros and cons of
using an autocratic
leadership style.
- crisis management of
academic libraries
- library leadership
- decision-making
- employees’ perception
- leadership
- information services
- categories of the library
employees ranging from the
professional librarians,
non-professional librarians
as well as the supporting
staff.
- autocratic leadership style
- leadership style
- academic libraries
Mixed methods approach
Qualitative and Quantitative
methods
Literature review
Lembinen, L. (2023).
Academic libraries’ leaders’
decision-making during the
COVID-19 crisis. The
Journal of Academic
Librarianship, 49(3),
102709.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca
lib.2023.102709
Banji, G. T., PhD. (2020).
Assessment of Employees'
Perception on Leadership
and Information Services: A
study of the Sam Jonah
Library (University of Cape
Coast) in Ghana. Library
Philosophy and Practice, ,
1-19.
https://www.proquest.com/s
cholarly-journals/assessme
nt-employees-perception-o
n-leadership/docview/2462
684418/se-2
Chukwusa, J. (2018).
Autocratic Leadership
Style: Obstacle to Success
in Academic Libraries.
Library Philosophy and

Exploration of leadership styles and
employees' commitment to effective library
and information services in a university
library in Ghana
Global Research Trends on Library
Management and Administration: A
Bibliometric Analysis
no matter the colour it is
painted remains a
leadership style that is
greatly not wanted by the
led in the libraries.
The paper discusses the
types of leadership style
exhibited by leaders in the
library and how the
leadership style has
influenced employee’s
commitment in the provision
of library and information
services in Ghana.
The present study analyzed
441 global publications on
library management and
administration indexed in
Scopus database.
- Explore the types of
leadership style exhibited
by the management of the
Sam Jonah library.
- Investigate how the
perceived leadership style
has influenced the
commitment of employees
in the provision of library
and information services in
the library.
- To study all the
parameters of bibliometric
of the articles published on
Library Management and
Library Administration and
the scope is limited to
documents indexed in the
SCOPUS database, further
the main objectives of the
study are as follows:
• To examine the status of
published documents on
Library Management and
Administration;
• To identify the highly-cited
articles on Library
Practice, , 1.
https://www.proquest.com/s
cholarly-journals/autocratic-
leadership-style-obstacle-s
uccess/docview/216451322
4/se-2
- leadership styles Qualitative and Quantitative Banji, G. T., (PhD.). (2020).
- employees’ commitment methods Exploration of leadership
- library and information styles and employees'
services commitment to effective
library and information
services in a university
library in Ghana. Library
Philosophy and Practice,
1-29.
https://www.proquest.com/s
cholarly-journals/exploratio
n-leadership-styles-employ
ees/docview/2462685370/s
e-2
- bibliometric Bibliometric analysis Waghmare, P. (2022).
- library management (Quantitative) Global Research Trends on
- library administration Library Management and
- Scopus database Administration: A
Bibliometric Analysis.
Library Philosophy and
Practice, , 1-15.
https://www.proquest.com/s
cholarly-journals/global-res
earch-trends-on-library-ma
nagement/docview/262281
1147/se-2
 Management and
Administration;
• To identify the Countries
contributing research on
Library Management and
Administration;
• To identify the top prolific
authors in the field of
Library Management and
Administration;
• To identify the top
institutes publishing articles
on Library Management and
Administration;
• To visualize the keywords
co-occurrence map of
Library Management and
Administration
• To understand the trending
topics, word growth and
themes titles and author
keywords/terms

Knowledge Management Perceptions in
Academic Libraries
Despite the increasing
interest taken in knowledge
management (KM) by a
wide range of practitioners
as well as the library and
information science (LIS)
community, knowledge
management is not
systematically applied in
libraries. Due to the
complexity of knowledge, as
well as the multifaceted
nature of knowledge
- to examine how Greek
academic library employees
perceive KM.
- to explore if library
practitioners are aware of
the term ‘knowledge man-
agement’, how they
perceive the KM concept
and how they assess the
potential implications,
applications, benefits, and
opportunities offered
- knowledge management Survey Koloniari, M., & Fassoulis,
- academic libraries Structured Questionnaire K. (2017). Knowledge
- library and information Management Perceptions
science in Academic Libraries. The
- Information scientists Journal of Academic
- librarians Librarianship, 43(2),
135–142.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca
lib.2016.11.006

Leadership and Leadership Development
to Transform the Academic Libraries: a
review
Leadership challenges and issues facing
academic libraries
management, there is no
consensus among LIS
professionals regarding its
relation to information
management.
The article highlights
academic librarians’
understanding of leadership
and leadership
development, with the aim
to shed light on further
research that can inform
and improve practices.
The study explores the
leadership development
opportunities and
challenges for senior library
professionals and academic
libraries of the future, and
what type of skills and
abilities they need.
by KM to library operations.
- aims at identifying the
KM tools and techniques
adopted by libraries.
- librarians’ conception of
leadership, desirable
leadership capabilities, and
existing leadership
development.
- to determine academic
library leaders' perspectives
regarding the key
challenges facing academic
libraries and leadership,
and how library
professionals can meet
these challenges effectively.
- to discover the best ways
to develop new skills and
find out opportunities in
order to prepare dynamic
leaders for academic
libraries of the future.
- How do library leaders
develop their understanding
of leadership?
- leadership Literature review Johnson, S., & Potluri, R.
- leadership development M. (2021). Leadership and
- academic libraries Leadership Development to
Transform the Academic
Libraries: A Case of the
United Arab Emirates
(UAE). Library Philosophy
and Practice, , 0_1,1-14.
https://www.proquest.com/s
cholarly-journals/leadership
-development-transform-ac
ademic/docview/25572668
66/se-2
- leadership challenges semi-structured, telephone Aslam, M. (2019).
- leadership issues and face-to-face interviews Leadership challenges and
- academic libraries issues facing academic
- library leaders libraries. Library Philosophy
- skills and abilities and Practice, , 0_1,1-28.
- leadership training https://www.proquest.com/s
cholarly-journals/leadership
-challenges-issues-facing-a
cademic/docview/22168596
10/se-2

Leadership Styles as Correlate of Job
Performance in Academic Libraries in
Delta State, Nigeria
Leading Across Boundaries Collaborative
Leadership and the Institutional Repository
in Research Universities and Liberal Arts
Colleges
The paper examined the
role of leadership style on
the performance of
academic library staff in
Delta State.
- This study will examine
collaborative leadership in
relation to IR development,
it will determine what
collaborative leadership
traits are present in the
building and operating of an
IR, and it will ask how
inclusive of the
stakeholders those
• What are the key
responsibilities at workplace
• What are the most
significant skills and abilities
for leadership?
• What are the preferred
methods of skills
development
• What are the key
challenges facing academic
libraries and leaders?
- What leadership styles are
found in the academic
libraries in Delta State?
- What is the impact of the
leadership styles on the job
performance of library staff
in academic libraries
in Delta State?
- To what extent does
leadership style influence
the job performance of
academic libraries in Delta
State?
1) Study Population: ARL
and Oberlin Group
a) Do IR format, size, length
of operation, nomenclature,
or technology platform vary
between ARL and Oberlin
Group members?
b) Is there any difference in
the perception of
collaborative leadership
traits between
- leadership styles Descriptive correlational Orewa, F. (2019).
- job performance survey design Leadership styles as
- academic libraries correlate of job
performance in academic
libraries in Delta State,
Nigeria. Library Philosophy
and Practice, , 1-13.
https://www.proquest.com/s
cholarly-journals/leadership
-styles-as-correlate-job-perf
ormance/docview/2234442
033/se-2
- collaborative leadership - content analysis Seaman, D. M. (2017).
- institutional repository - survey Leading Across
- library leadership Boundaries: Collaborative
Leadership and the
Institutional Repository in
Research Universities and
Liberal Arts Colleges
(Order No. 10601531).
Available from ProQuest
Dissertations & Theses
A&I; Publicly Available
collaborations are perceived
to be.
ARL and Oberlin Group Content Database.
members? (1958944695).
c) Does the perception of https://www.proquest.com/d
the success of the IR, or of issertations-theses/leading-
the collaborative across-boundaries-collabor
involvement with ative/docview/1958944695/
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vary between ARL and
Oberlin Group members?
2) Leadership Frame:
Collaborative Leadership
a) Does IR planning and
development reveal
evidence of collaborative
leadership?
b) If so, which collaborative
leadership traits are present
or absent?
3) Study Groups: Library
Directors and IR
Developers
a) Is there any difference in
the perception of
collaborative leadership
traits between
library directors and IR
developers?
b) Does the perception of
the success of the IR, or of
the collaborative
involvement with
stakeholder communities,
vary between directors and
developers?
Library Management System with Topic - The adoption of Integrated
Modelling and its Adaptability to Open and Library Systems (ILS)
Distance Learning Libraries became prevalent in the
1980s and 1990s as
libraries began or continued
to automate their
processes. These systems
enabled library staff work, in
many cases, more
efficiently than in the past.
However, these systems
are restrictive and have
thus undergone changes
over the years, making
processes more efficient.
One area of improved
capabilities is that of
“search”, which in this
paper, builds on integrating
topic modeling as a new
feature in modern
integrated library systems in
open and distance learning
institutions.
Public Library Directors’ Lived Experiences The purpose of this
During Organizational Change: A qualitative
Phenomenological Study phenomenological study
described the essences and
meanings of the lived
experiences of 11 California
public library directors’
during organizational
change.
- improvement of book
search, browse and help in
book-selection decision
making.
- What are the lived
experiences of the public
library directors during
organizational change?
- How do public library
directors describe
successful leadership
during organizational
change?
- What strategies do public
library directors use during
- library management
system
- integrated library system
- public library directors
- organizational change
- transformational
leadership
- strategic leadership
- organizational
interventions
Topic modelling method Adebayo, B. R. (2019).
Library Management
System with Topic
Modelling and its
Adaptability to Open and
Distance Learning
Libraries. Library
Philosophy and Practice, ,
1-9.
https://www.proquest.com/s
cholarly-journals/library-ma
nagement-system-with-topi
c-modelling/docview/23005
52505/se-2
qualitative Rencher, N. R. (2020).
phenomenological study Public Library Directors’
Lived Experiences During
Organizational Change: A
Phenomenological Study
(Order No. 28153370).
Available from ProQuest
Dissertations & Theses
A&I; Publicly Available
Content Database.
(2462210608).
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The Awareness and Applicability of
McDonaldization in an Academic Library in
the Philippines
The Big Ten Academic Alliance Library
Directors An Exploratory Study of
Leadership Development and Attainment
The Importance of Green Libraries in
terms of Sustainability
The focus of the study is to
present another perspective
of librarianship using
McDonaldization as a
management strategy in the
academic library.
This study examines the
managerial and leadership
attributes of the 14 library
directors of the Big Ten
Academic Alliance’s
universities prior to being
appointed to their current
positions.
- the Green Libraries focus
has been developed on
protecting library buildings
from disasters and various
fires.
organizational change to
maintain sustainability in the
organization?
1) What is the level of
awareness of academic
librarians on
McDonaldization in
academic library
2) What is the level of
applicability of
McDonaldization as a
management strategy in the
academic library.
- provide library leaders
whose aspirations are to
lead large academic and
research libraries with some
library leadership
development paths that
they might want to follow.
- improvement on the future
of green library current
status of state institutions in
the world and in Turkey
- information centers should
be developed in terms of
sustainability and achieve
- academic libraries
- library management
- McDonaldization in
libraries
- library benchmarking
- Higher education
leadership
- library leadership
- Big Ten Academic Alliance
- Big Ten Academic Alliance
library directors
- green libraries
- sustainability
- green library buildings
issertations-theses/public-li
brary-directors-lived-experi
ences-during/docview/2462
210608/se-2
descriptive method Cabonero, D. A., & Austria,
R. M. (2019). The
Awareness and
Applicability of
McDonaldization in an
Academic Library in the
Philippines. Library
Philosophy and Practice, ,
1-12.
https://www.proquest.com/s
cholarly-journals/awarenes
s-applicability-mcdonaldizat
ion-academic/docview/2300
552351/se-2
Primary source Le, B. P. (2019). The Big
Ten Academic Alliance
Library Directors: An
Exploratory Study of
Leadership Development
and Attainment.
International Journal of
Librarianship.
https://doi.org/10.23974/ijol.
2019.vol4.1.103
Documentary screening and Yasin ŞEŞEN, & Alpaslan,
depiction methods H. K. (2020). The
Importance of Green
Libraries in terms of
Sustainability. Journal of
Balkan Libraries Union,
7(1), 10-16.

The Road to Effective Leadership
Transformation of libraries during Covid-19
pandemic: A systematic review
PART 2: Research gaps/ research problems that arise from the journals above.
This study explores the
world of library leaders and
leadership by
deconstructing the myths of
leadership,examining
whether there is a
difference between a leader
and a library leader, and
guiding you to become a
leader through seven
stages of leadership
development.
This study analyzes
academic library services
during Covid-19 pandemic
(2020 and 2021), as well as
the challenges they face,
emerging library roles, and
the most effective
communication tools.
the status of ‘Green
Library’.
- to offer encouragement
and guidance to young or
newly minted librarians and
offer much needed food for
thought.
1. What types of library
services are being offered
by libraries to their
users during Covid-19
pandemic?
2. What challenges are
being faced by libraries in
COVID19 pandemic?
3. What were the evolving
and emerging roles of
libraries in this pandemic?
4. What are the preferred
communication tools being
used by libraries to continue
their library services and to
reach out to their users?
https://www.proquest.com/s
cholarly-journals/importanc
e-green-libraries-terms-sust
ainability/docview/2790084
425/se-2
- Library leadership Conference Freedman, J. (2018). The
Road to Effective
Leadership. CORE.
https://core.ac.uk/works/19
170539
- Library services systematic literature review Ashiq, M., Jabeen, F., &
- Fake news approach Mahmood, K. (2022).
- Capacity building Transformation of libraries
- Emerging roles during Covid-19 pandemic:
- Academic libraries A systematic review. The
- Libraries challenges Journal of Academic
Librarianship, 48(4),
102534.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca
lib.2022.102534
Based on the studies above, what do you think are the research gaps or inadequacies in the available related literature which you can consider as a Thesis/ Dissertation topic.
Give at least 5 plausible topics, with #1 as your primary topic, and so on, and so forth.
1.In academic libraries, what are the qualities of leadership within generations? Should leadership development be redefined based on generational divides?

2.What are the key challenges facing academic libraries and leaders?

3.How do library leaders develop their understanding of leadership?

4.What are the most significant skills and abilities for leadership?

5.Will there be anyone in charge to ensure new librarians will be socialized and acclimated into their new library culture and workplace environment?

PART 3: Research Problem & Objectives

After identifying the gaps or inadequacies in the available information about your proposed topic, what is the Research Problem (Statement of the Problem), and the Research
Objectives (proposed strategies) that you are proposing for Thesis 1/ Dissertation 1.
Research problems:
1.) What leadership behavior influences the Millennials to develop and implement plans in the library?
2.) What influence do the leadership of academic librarians pursue?
3.) How will leadership need to evolve to effectively lead the next generation of millennial librarians within the academic libraries?

Research objectives:
1.) To Identify and analyze the existing leadership models and frameworks utilized in libraries.
2.) To Investigate how leadership influences the development and implementation of plans in the Library organizations.
3.) To understand how millennial librarians can lead the academic libraries than the other generations.

PART 4: Tentative Thesis/ Dissertation Title

Academic Library leadership assessment for Millennials librarians in Metro Manila
Impact of Leadership behaviors to Academic Librarians in Metro Manila
A tool for Library Leadership in Academic Libraries in Metro Manila
The Perceptions of Library professional towards leadership behavior in Academic Libraries in Metro Manila

Name of Student/ Signature Name of the Adviser/ Signature Date of Submission

Rheale D. Avecilla-Llarena Dr. Maricar W. Ching May 16, 2023

Rachelle Mae T. Gurion

Allaine Jae A. Ines