Introduction : Question your assumptions about interim leadership / Jennifer E. Knievel, Leslie J. Reynolds
Section I : Building relationships for interim leaders. Interim leadership by the numbers : leadership turnover in academic libraries / Jennifer E. Knievel
The "double dean" : embracing the unexpected opportunities of a non-librarian interim dean / L. Angie Ohler, Adriana Gonzalez, Lynda Coon
Building trust : the reluctant interim / Edward A. (Tony) Brewer
Section II : Leading with confidence. "Acting up," or just acting? / Rebecca Hutchins
When the real dean gets here / Deirdre A. Scaggs
Overcoming interim inertia / Lisa Tyson
Finding the way forward : expectations for interim law library directors / Billie Jo Kaufman, James M. Donovan
Section III : Making long-term decisions as an interim leader. Taking the wheel in choppy waters : leading transformational change as an interim head during a crisis / Suzanne Wones, Claire DeMarco
Tackling a reorganization as an interim administrator / Vickery Kaye Lebbin
Strategic planning in times of transition : when interim becomes the strategy / Katy B. Mathuews, Miriam Nelson, Hanna Schmillen
Section IV : Leading through contraction : when no one can be hired. Avoiding freezer burn : before, during, and after of a hiring freeze / Karen Rupp-Serrano
Caught in red tape : changing administrations, multiple vacancies, and interim leadership in federal libraries / Kari Anderson, M. Kathleen Kern
Interim management during a hiring freeze, salary freeze, and salary reduction / Shelly McCoy
Section V : Moving on : when the dust settles. Developing prospective interim and future academic library leaders : reflections for leadership practice / Denise Stephens
How much do you really want to know? : When the interim dean onboards the new dean and offboards themselves / Leslie J. Reynolds, Holly E. Jeffcoat
What now? : Reflections on when you are no longer the interim leader / Jennifer E. Knievel, Leslie J. Reynolds
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