Relationship of Leadership and Learning Organizations: An empirical study in Select Academic Libraries of J&K Umar Mufeed Ajaz Akbar Mir Abstract Purpose: The paper is aimed to study the relationship between transformational leadership and learning organization practices in academic libraries of select universities of J&K. The purpose of the study is to analyze the perception of university library staff towards the existing transformational leadership practices prevailing in the libraries. Moreover, the present study also aims to examine the perception of library staff towards the learning organization practices. Methodology: The sample respondents in this study comprise of 166 library staff taken from the five universities of J&K. The selection of respondents was based on simple random sampling. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings: There is a positive and significant relationship between transformational leadership and learning organization practices in academic libraries. It is stressed that transformation leadership and learning organization practices in academic libraries need to be further strengthened which would lead in creating a competitive and quality work environment. Research implications: The study suggests that steps aimed at building leadership behaviour and learning organization atmosphere must take the relationship between transformational leadership and learning organization into perspective for better performance and functioning of academic libraries. Keywords: Academic libraries; Learning organization; Leadership; Transformational leadership Paper type: Research Introduction n this 21 st century the academic institutions and other organizations are facing tremendous challenges in making themselves more adaptive, effective and competent in facing complex and turbulent environment. The success and failure of institutions lie in how much they are proactive in managing and addressing the issues that confront them. The organizations need to adopt appropriate and adequate measures in order to cope with change. It calls for adopting features of learning organizations which focus on making organizations and institutions adaptive to changes in the environment. Learning organizations play a pivotal role in transforming itself and to continuously innovate and facilitate all of its members towards achieving individual as well as organizational goals (Pedler, Burgoyne & Boydell, 1991). Academic libraries are no exception to this, the dynamics and nature of academic library keeps on changing due to new trends in research and I Trends in Information Management (TRIM) ISSN: 0973-4163 11(1), pp. 16-26