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Peer reviewedCairns, Paul M. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1986
Describes steps in survey project that supplied information for contemplated merger of two libraries by estimating number of volumes and titles and duplication between John Crerar Library collections and University of Chicago Library science collections. Survey's findings for volume duplication are analyzed by subject groupings and by books and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Library Administration
Peer reviewedScherdin, Mary Jane – College and Research Libraries, 1984
Following a brief survey of relevant literature on concept of learning materials center (LMC), this article describes the innovative approach to LMC organizational design recently adopted at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. It features a joint administrative structure and shared staffing between university library and college of education.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Advisory Committees, College Libraries, Curriculum Study Centers
Peer reviewedFetterman, David M. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1991
Internal institutional auditing can improve effectiveness and efficiency and protect an institution's assets. Many of the concepts and techniques used to analyze higher education institutions are qualitative in nature and suited to institutional research, including fiscal, operational, data-processing, investigative, management consulting,…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), College Administration, College Libraries, Consultants
Download full textFetterman, David – 1987
Ethnographic auditing is the application of ethnographic or anthropological concepts and methods to the appraisal of administrative controls over resources. Ethnographic auditing highlights the role of culture, subculture, values, rituals and physical environment in management in higher education. The ethnographic auditor measures the fiscal and…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Case Studies, Chemistry, College Administration
Dodson, Suzanne C., Ed.; Menges, Gary L., Ed. – 1984
The 56 papers in this proceedings are divided into three groups--theme, alternative format, and contributed papers. Myths and realities are explored in the first group as they relate to university, college, community, and junior college libraries, and to private sector information utilities. The conference wrap-up session is included in this…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, College Libraries, Conference Proceedings
Peer reviewedBengston, Dale Susan; Shields, Dorothy – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1985
Predictive equations from Marchant's research on participative management and job satisfaction were tested using same data collection procedures and instruments that had been used to study 22 major U.S. academic libraries in 1970. Management style was again found to be best predictor of librarian satisfaction in academic setting. (17 references)…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Libraries, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction
