Nawe, Julita2016-10-072016-10-072001Nawe, J.M., 2001. Leadership challenges in higher education libraries in East Africa. Information development, 17(1), pp.29-34.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4442Full text can be accessed at http://idv.sagepub.com/content/17/1/29.shortOutlines the role of institutions of higher education and the history of institutions of higher learning in East Africa and describes post-independence challenges to institutions of higher learning and their libraries in the region. Discusses the problems of managing change and identifies two groups of coping strategies: human resource and non human resource based. Concludes that the survival of organizations depends significantly on how much is invested in training as part of performance management.enJournal Article10.1177/0266666014240647