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Direct linkPatillo, Ericka J. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The academic library middle manager (ALMM) role is little understood and understudied. Using Organizational Role Theory, Middle Managers' Four Strategic Roles, and the Taxonomy of Managerial Performance Requirements as frameworks, this study was designed to identify and describe the expectations of the middle manager role in academic libraries; to…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Administrator Role, Academic Libraries, Middle Management
Peer reviewedMay, Francine; Swabey, Alice – College & Research Libraries, 2015
This study examines how students are using academic library spaces and the role these spaces are playing in the campus community. Data were collected on five campuses (two community colleges, two undergraduate universities, and one technical institute) via observational seating sweeps and questionnaires. The study found remarkably similar usage…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community Colleges, Universities, Technical Institutes
Sharman, Alison – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2014
Emanating from the ground-breaking Library Impact Data Project, the aim of the Roving Librarian project first initiated in 2011 was to offer personalized help outside of the traditional library to library non-users in social or academic settings using Android and the iPad tablets. It was thought that the portability and flexibility of these…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Library Services, Access to Information, Individual Needs
Whitmire, Ethelene – Journal of Negro Education, 2006
This study examines the academic library experiences of African American undergraduates attending a research university in the Midwest. Data collection techniques included questionnaires and ethnographic observations. The results indicated that African American undergraduates are using the academic library primarily to read and to study with their…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Academic Libraries, African American Students, Undergraduate Students
Whang, Michael; Ring, Donna M. – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2007
Three sources indicated the need for designing a usability study of the Western Michigan University Libraries' Web site: the results of the 2004 LibQUAL+ survey; the completion of the library's new strategic planning document; and suggestions by library customers and library staff. LibQUAL+ findings and customer comments suggested customers…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Library Services, Academic Libraries, Web Sites
PDF pending restorationBunda, Mary Anne – 1992
Most institutions of higher education have a mission that specifically addresses three areas: instruction, research, and service. The repertoire of activities and the complexity of the goals of the University Library mirror the goals of the institution, the academic units, and the faculty. The clients of the library are the students, the faculty,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
