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Angela Jones-Evans – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2025
This paper examines the impact of process mapping on the management of change in an academic library in a UK higher education institution. Book ordering has been highlighted by a group of subject librarians as being time-consuming and inefficient, detracting from their ability to respond to new challenges and opportunities. An action research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Librarian Attitudes
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Buller, Ryan F.; Gypin, Lindsay – Journal of Access Services, 2021
Library long-term and strategic plans tend to employ top down approaches that can leave departmental staff feeling disconnected an unrepresented in the plan. In 2019, the Access Services Department at the University of Denver engaged in a long-term planning process. This process puts Access Services staff members at the center of the process. This…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Development, Strategic Planning, Universities
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Caitlin Stewart – Education Libraries, 2024
This case study explores the strategies used to redistribute materials among available shelves in a curriculum materials center after deaccessioning and relocation projects. The librarian estimated imposed fill ratios based on collection segments which were then mapped onto a floor plan to efficiently shift materials. The estimated imposed fill…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Development, Library Facilities, Library Materials
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Wynne, Ben; Dixon, Simon; Donohue, Neil; Rowlands, Ian – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2016
This article outlines some of the opportunities and challenges of changing what the library "brand" means to academic and professional services staff in the rapidly changing environment of UK higher education, taking the University of Leicester as a case study. It makes a practitioner contribution to the growing body of evidence of how…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Organizational Change, Library Role, Library Development
Grimes, Justin; Manjarrez, C. Arturo; Miller, Kim A.; Owens, Timothy; Swan, Deanne W.; Vese, Rodney D., Jr.; Arroyo, J. Andrea; Craig, Terri; Dorinski, Suzanne; Freeman, Michael; Isaac, Natasha; O'Shea, Patricia; Schilling, Peter; Scotto, Jennifer – Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2013
The relatively high use rates and program attendance highlight the public value provided by local libraries at a time of dramatic economic, technology, and demographic change. The Public Libraries in the United States Survey is one important way of examining when, where and how library services are changing to meet those needs. The data, supplied…
Descriptors: Profiles, Library Services, Public Libraries, Strategic Planning
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Hulseberg, Anna; Monson, Sarah – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2009
Electronic resources, the tools we use to manage them, and the needs and expectations of our users are constantly evolving; at the same time, the roles, responsibilities, and workflow of the library staff who manage e-resources are also in flux. Recognizing a need to be more intentional and proactive about how we manage e-resources, the…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Strategic Planning, College Libraries, Liberal Arts
Hoorens, Stijn; Rothenberg, Jeff; van Orange, Constantijn; van der Mandele, Martijn; Levitt, Ruth – RAND Corporation, 2007
Storing and curating authentic academic literature and making it accessible for the long term has been a time-honoured task of national libraries. By guarding existing knowledge and facilitating its use to produce new insights, national and university libraries have formed an integral part of the research environment, complementing the roles of…
Descriptors: Preservation, Research Libraries, Foreign Countries, Research Reports
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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
Eustis, Joanne D., Comp.; Kenney, Donald J. Comp. – 1996
As the entity traditionally responsible for serving the information needs of the university, research libraries have little choice but to change dramatically in the next 25 years. This SPEC Survey on library reorganization seeks to understand how librarians have sought to meet this challenge through the redesigning of their organization.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Development, Library Personnel
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Muswazi, P. – International Information & Library Review, 1998
Examines the promotional, training, legislative, research and publication, and cooperation activities of the Swaziland Library Association (SWALA). Makes recommendations including: membership-needs surveys; a strategic plan prioritizing legislation and training; administrative, leadership and communication improvements; and an increase in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Library Administration, Library Associations