Session Description:
This paper presents the results of a larger study on the leadership attributes of the 14 library directors at the universities in the Big Ten Academic Alliance. Specifically, it examines how some of the signature initiatives they undertook in the early stages of their careers helped in forming their leadership foundations. The results show that these future library directors played key roles in initiating, managing, and leading many of the signature initiatives under study. Significantly, these signature initiatives formed not only their leadership foundations, but also propelled them to the highest positions of library leadership.
