This study is a description of how university students perceive digital library services, or the integration of digital library elements within the traditional or hybrid library services in academic libraries. These services were identified through a preliminary study that evaluated the digital services offered by twenty university libraries. The top five university libraries with most services...

George Ritzer, a sociologist at the University of Maryland, has proposed an influential thesis that suggests that many aspects of the fast food industry are making their way into other areas of society. This article explores whether his thesis, known as the McDonaldization thesis, is applicable to academic libraries. Specifically, it seeks to determine to what extent academic libraries may be c...

HISTORICALLY, FORMED consortia for the primary purpose ACMEMlC LIBRNES of sharing printed materials. Recently, academic libraries are forming consortia to provide common access to electronic resources across the Internet, and they are forming these consortia on a statewide basis. This article describes five of these newer statewide efforts: GALILEO in Georgia, the Louisiana Library Network, Ohi...

Through a series of structured interviews, university librarians at six institutions provided their perspectives on innovation in academic libraries. The literature on leadership styles and organizational change provides insight into the roles of these leaders in the innovation process. Leadership was cited by many researchers as being a critical factor for organizations to innovate. University...

Introduction Academic libraries are invested in scholarly communication. For example, academic libraries host many open access scholarly journals, as well as events like Open Access Week. In addition, organizations like the Library Publishing Coalition demonstrate the dedication of academic libraries to advancing their role in academic publishing. Several American Library Association divisions ...

introduction: knowledge management is one of the most interesting and challenging issues of management in the new millennium. educational and research institutions such as libraries and information centers are the most suitable places for the implementation of knowledge management programs. this study aimed to identify and rank the factors affecting the implementation of knowledge management in...

Academic libraries and their staff are increasingly involved in the Research Data Management (RDM) practices processes universities. This article explores impact that such initiatives have on image identity of academic libraries. paper proposes involvement leadership RDM university has potential to re-shape library’s role, image, within university, going forward, contribute continuing relevance...