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Barbara Kissa; Zoe Georganta; Elias Gounopoulos; Fotis Kitsios – College & Research Libraries, 2024
Over the past decade, the financial crisis has led to reduced government funding for academic libraries in Greece. Now more than ever, it is imperative for library managers to improve their knowledge and understanding of cost behavior, in order to effectively deliver high quality services at decreasing costs. To do so, they need to apply…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Library Services
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
Hatice Demirtas Dogan; Bulut Gurpinar – SAGE Open, 2023
The purpose of this article is to identify green (environmentally friendly) practices in the university libraries of Kocaeli and Istanbul, and to determine the environmental awareness and attitudes of the users (students) of these libraries in their daily lives, as well as conceptually. In addition, students' level of awareness about the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Libraries, College Students, Users (Information)
Ashiq, Murtaza; Rehman, Shafiq Ur; Rafiq, Sadaf; Tariq, Muhammad – College & Research Libraries, 2021
Women library professionals are greatly underrepresented in key leadership positions, especially in the developing countries. This study explored the women academic library leadership in Pakistan and investigated the major challenges faced by women leaders during their ascending to the top, the key indicator of their success, as well as the…
Descriptors: Females, Academic Libraries, Library Administration, Leadership
Horowitz, Sarah M.; Barrett, Colleen W. – College & Research Libraries, 2023
This article seeks to understand the current state of the field of special collections library administration in the United States. Using a dataset gathered through publicly available information about special collections directors from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), Independent Research Libraries Association (IRLA), and the Oberlin…
Descriptors: Archives, Academic Libraries, Library Administration, Educational Background
Subaveerapandiyan A. – Journal of Access Services, 2024
This study investigates the impact of 24/7 library operations on the health and work-life balance of Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals in India. Using a mixed-method approach with 52 respondents, reveals significant physical and mental health issues, sleep disruptions, and dietary challenges. Qualitative insights highlight…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Working Hours, Librarians
Fuhr, Justin – College & Research Libraries, 2022
Research data services are increasingly offered by academic libraries. As a result, librarians may need to upskill to provide data services and build capacity. This study measures the current level of data services skills of academic librarians and explores preferred methods of continuing education. An online survey was circulated asking…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Data, Job Skills
Givens, Marlee, Ed.; Slutskaya, Sofia, Ed. – ALA Editions, 2022
Technical services departments are increasingly expected to do more with less, which means that finding a balance between meeting service demands and developing staff knowledge and skills is more challenging than ever. Today's next gen catalogs, changing cataloging rules, and diverse formats and delivery models demand that technical services…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Libraries, Library Services, Staff Development
Samuel Owusu-Ansah – Journal of Access Services, 2024
This paper investigates the moderating influence of library size on the relationship between library space attributes and learning satisfaction. Employing a quantitative methodology, a sample of 196 university library users in Ghana was selected to investigate the perceived impact of repurposed library spaces on learning satisfaction. The author…
Descriptors: Organization Size (Groups), Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, User Satisfaction (Information)
Katherine Dix; Tamara Van Der Zant – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2025
The School Libraries in South Australia: 2024 Census offers a snapshot of the current state, challenges, and evolving roles of school libraries and their staffing in South Australia. Conducted by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) at the behest of the School Library Association of South Australia (SLASA), this census builds…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Libraries, Library Services, Financial Support
Ghalib Khan; Rubina Bhatti; Rahim Jan; Amjid Khan – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2024
Acquisition management is the kind of strategy that university libraries adopt to assist the information needs of the client population. This study attempted to understand the acquisition management in the university libraries in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan. The study adopted a survey method and included all those well-established…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Libraries, Library Services, Library Personnel
Kristyn Caragher – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2025
This article examines racism and accountability practices within academic libraries from the perspective of academic library administrators, with attention to differences between BIPOC and White academic library administrators. The quantitative data collected via an online survey show White academic library administrators are more likely to…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Academic Libraries, Library Administration, Accountability
Ashiq, Murtaza; Rehman, Shafiq Ur; Muhammad, Asif Ali Bao; Ahmad, Shakil – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2021
This is the first qualitative phenomenological study to investigate the state of leadership in Saudi libraries. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with 14 library leaders or section heads in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Library leadership was found to be strongly associated with management skills, visionary thinking, teamwork, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Library Administration, Leadership Qualities