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Lo, Leo S.; Mallon, Melissa N.; Coleman, Jason – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2022
Leaders come from all areas of an academic library; however, certain factors contribute to leadership development. A 24-question survey was conducted with 459 respondents reporting personal characteristics, perceived level of job engagement, and quality of their library's vision statement. The results reveal that self-identified leaders tend to be…
Descriptors: Leaders, Academic Libraries, Library Personnel, Employee Attitudes
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Ely, Eric R. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2022
This qualitative study explored cultural competence in two academic libraries at a major public research university in the Midwestern United States. Interviews with academic librarians, library administrators, and library staff examined the ways in which they conceptualize diversity and how these perceptions impact their daily practices. Findings…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Library Administration
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Tina M. Griffin; Margaret Janz – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024
Libraries at academic institutions have been involved in research data management services (RDMS) for more than ten years. Institutions have adapted their service models in response to funder, journal, and federal mandates that have consequently increased RDMS demand. However, institutions that hope to start or grow their services may have…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Information Management, Data
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Holm, Christina E.; Kantor, Sarah – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2021
For decades, declines in library reference use have been inextricably tied to technological improvements. This article asserts that reference staffing models may be a significant predictor of a decline in reference questions. Using two years of data, collected from a large public university, the researchers determined user preferences among five…
Descriptors: Reference Services, User Needs (Information), Library Personnel, Models
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Margolin, Stephanie; Abrahamsson, Malin – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2021
Library employees face countless changes, big and small, in their workplaces every day: not only the COVID-19 pandemic but also such commonplace events as open positions, renovations, budget cuts, and new library systems. No single handbook can anticipate all the changing needs. This case study discusses how one particular library responded, in a…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Academic Libraries, Library Personnel, Leadership
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Kristyn Caragher – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2025
This article examines racism and accountability practices within academic libraries from the perspective of academic library administrators, with attention to differences between BIPOC and White academic library administrators. The quantitative data collected via an online survey show White academic library administrators are more likely to…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Academic Libraries, Library Administration, Accountability
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Ashiq, Murtaza; Rehman, Shafiq Ur; Muhammad, Asif Ali Bao; Ahmad, Shakil – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2021
This is the first qualitative phenomenological study to investigate the state of leadership in Saudi libraries. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with 14 library leaders or section heads in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Library leadership was found to be strongly associated with management skills, visionary thinking, teamwork, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Library Administration, Leadership Qualities
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Rodriguez, Juan Carlos; Meyer, Kristin; Merry, Brian – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2017
Library public services staff have primarily focused on providing services through interactions with their users. Although service quality and customer satisfaction are important in the delivery of these services, the emphasis and nature of the work have often been influenced by a library-centric philosophy rather than a user-centric philosophy.…
Descriptors: Library Services, Academic Libraries, State Universities, Administrative Organization
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Whitworth, Andrew; Calvo, Maria-Carme Torras; Moss, Bodil; Kifle, Nazareth Amlesom; Blåsternes, Terje – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2016
Two academic libraries undergoing significant organizational changes were the location for a project that researched how staff members and subunits of the libraries made collective judgments, negotiated what is sometimes called the "landscape of practice"--the collective body of knowledge of their profession--and thus came to collective…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Academic Libraries, Organizational Change, Library Development
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Oakleaf, Megan; Millet, Michelle S.; Kraus, Leah – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2011
Trinity University has established effective strategies for engaging faculty, administrators, and staff in information literacy instruction and assessment. Succeeding in an area in which many libraries struggle, the Coates Library at Trinity University offers a model for libraries seeking to actively engage their campuses through 1) establishing a…
Descriptors: Libraries, Information Literacy, College Faculty, Administrators
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Hanlon, Ann; Ramirez, Marisa – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2011
An online survey of institutional repository (IR) managers identified copyright clearance trends in staffing and workflows. The majority of respondents followed a mediated deposit model, and reported that library personnel, instead of authors, engaged in copyright clearance activities for IRs. The most common "information gaps" pertained to the…
Descriptors: Surveys, Internet, Computer Mediated Communication, Library Personnel
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Boock, Michael; Vondracek, Ruth – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2006
How are academic libraries organizing themselves in order to engage in the content selection and digitization of local collections? Are libraries creating new positions or units, assigning responsibilities to existing departments, setting up cross-functional collaboration among existing departments, or using a combination of these strategies? Who…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Library Administration