Intrapreneurship in Philippine Academic Libraries

Developing and Implementing Entrepreneurial Activities

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Abstract

Higher education institutions are expected to take an active role in a more entrepreneurial climate. Academic libraries are consequently becoming increasingly involved in campus entrepreneurial ecosystems. It is not uncommon for librarians who have become innovative out of necessity to invent and initiate entrepreneurial endeavours. They constantly innovate and continuously identify, analyse, and capitalise on opportunities to create a new generation of services and programs, even though academic libraries operate in an increasingly unstable environment due to rapid technological advancement and challenges from the economic, financial, and political sectors of society. Academic libraries participate in entrepreneurial initiatives for various reasons. This paper investigates how library management develops entrepreneurial activities in terms of idea generation, opportunity recognition, opportunity development, venture launch, and impact measurement. In addition, it explores the driving factors for successfully implementing entrepreneurial initiatives and determines the challenges and solutions library administrators face in meeting the goals of entrepreneurial activities. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the directors and chief librarians of the target libraries to collect and document their entrepreneurial activities and practices. This research will contribute to the expanding body of literature on entrepreneurial librarianship by highlighting the development of entrepreneurial initiatives in academic libraries in the Philippines. The results will also help library management and school administration understand and recognise the stimuli that can drive sustainable entrepreneurship in academic libraries. It also attempts to fill a gap in the literature on developing an entrepreneurial university library in the Philippines by offering empirical data on the issues of sustainable entrepreneurship. 

 

 

Author Biography

  • Carlos Jr. Eclevia, Southville International School and Colleges

    Carlos graduated from the University of the Philippines, Diliman with a Bachelor of Library and Information Science in 2007 and received his license the following year. He is pursuing his MBA degree at Southville International School and Colleges.

     

    In academic publishing, he has 15 years of expertise, working with both print and electronic publications. He is currently employed at John Wiley and Sons (Wiley), an EdTech and publishing company, as a Senior Manager, under the Academic Learning Division, where he oversees the Philippine accounts. With his considerable business consulting experience, he is well-versed in a wide range of reference and information sources, both print and digital.

     

    The profession of librarianship remains close to his heart, even though he is not currently employed as one. In the practice of librarianship, he gives freely of his knowledge about how to use and access electronic resources, as well as research tools, collection development, marketing and promotion, and customer service, to the library. Throughout his professional career, he delivered professional lectures and had his scholarly articles published both locally and globally.

    Moreover, in his capacity as project leader for the REGALO Touching Lives initiative, he is responsible for the planning and coordination of outreach activities, both on-site and online.

     

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