Journal of African Development

The COVID-19 pandemic expedited libraries' transition from place-based to hybrid and digitally enabled service ecosystems. This paper provides an example of a mixed-methods study of digital leadership, staff readiness, and organizational resilience in post-pandemic libraries. The quantitative part uses the 60 synthetic/pilot response data from the Digital Leadership and Organizational Resilience Questionnaire. The three construct scales scored good to very good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = .862 to .906). The mean score indicated moderate digital leadership (M = 3.33, SD = .53), high staff readiness and change management (M = 3.50, SD = .49), and high organizational resilience and service continuity (M = 3.45, SD = .54). Bivariate associations were positive and statistically significant, and a bootstrap showed an indirect pathway from digital leadership to organizational resilience through staff readiness. The open-ended response templates were written about communication, collaborative planning, budget and connectivity support, digital-skills and cybersecurity training, continuity planning. The provided data are synthetic/pilot data and should not be interpreted as actual data from actual library professionals