The literature on academic librarian morale is burgeoning, yet less attention has been paid to the workplace experiences of staff. This research team, which included library staff and librarians, conducted 34 structured online interviews with across United States. A theoretical model interview findings are presented, reveal ways in organizational culture, hierarchies, management style affect mo...

Mark Lenker is Assistant Librarian for Reference and Instruction and Elizabeth Kocevar-Weidinger is Associate Librarian for Reference and Instruction in Greenwood Library at Longwood University; e-mail: lenkermn@ longwood.edu and [email protected]. © Mark Lenker and Elizabeth Kocevar-Weidinger Though the academic library’s primary mission is to serve the students, faculty, and sta...

A new or remodeled library presents a unique marketing opportunity for the hospital librarian. Furthermore, a well-designed library markets itself through its convenience, attractiveness, and ease of use. A marketing approach to library planning takes into account needs of users and of library staff and considers the librarian's relations with the architect as well as with hospital employees. T...

Using data on libraries collected by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), as well as fall-to-fall retention rates obtained from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), this study employs statistical measures of association to analyze the relationship of...

the aim of this research is to do an internal evaluation of the academic library based on the views of experts to identify the current situation. it also aims to present a method for library evaluation and to help the planners and managers of such centers to understand and improve the condition of university libraries and information centers. the methodology of this case study is based on inter...

The directors of the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, a medium-sized library serving the University of Virginia medical and nursing schools, were concerned over the increasing cost of periodical subscriptions and so studied the use of the printed copy of Excerpta Medica. This study had six parts: (1) availability in other campus libraries; (2) staff perceptions of in-library use; (3) resul...

During the feasibility study into a National Union catalogue for the UK (UKNUC), a questionnaire survey was undertaken of the needs of both academic staff in higher education and library staff. A response rate of 40-50 per cent was achieved, 846 questionnaires being returned for academics and 724 for librarians. The analysis suggests that a UKNUC would be highly valued and heavily used by all c...