17 Emerald journals

1. Looking beyond libraries and librarianshipWhat can be learned from the wider professional literature?

2. 17 Emerald journals

3. ‘Library Management’ journal

4. Most downloaded articles 2008

5. Most downloaded articles 2009 to date

6. Most downloaded within 6 months of publication

7. 2008 LIS journals most-downloaded • Project risk management • Promotion and marketing communications in the information marketplace • People management – be bold! • Vroom’s expectancy theory and the public library customer motivation model • Types of organisational culture • Achieving readiness for organisational change • Online branding

8. Emerald subjectareas

9. Wider management literature – interesting facts • Two of the 10 most downloaded articles in their first 6 months of publication, were about: predicting staff turnover, and talent management • Half of the 2008 ‘top 10’ most downloaded HRM articles are about performance – either of the organisation or the person • The 4th most downloaded HRM journal article in 2008 is one published in 2001: “The work of managers in new organisational contexts”

10. Hot topics for the HRM journals • Ageing workforce and careers • Informal learning • Emotional intelligence • Generational shift (x, y, etc.) • Work/life balance • Burnout

11. Articles to take away on: • Developing leaders • Using emotional intelligence to identify high potential • Generational differences in motivation and attitudes to work