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Direct linkKristyn 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
Berg, Selinda Adelle; Jacobs, Heidi L. M.; Cornwall, Dayna – College & Research Libraries, 2013
Within the literature exploring the role of research in academic librarianship, very little attention has been paid to the perspectives of upper library administrators. This perspective is critical because library administrators play a key role in hiring, evaluating, supporting, promoting, and tenuring professional librarians. As a way of bringing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Library Administration, Administrators
Robertson, Mark – College & Research Libraries, 2015
This study examines perceptions of provosts from Canadian research-intensive universities regarding their institution's academic libraries. Interviews conducted with nine provosts explored how they perceive academic libraries in terms of alignment with institutional mission, how they envision the future of their libraries, and what they interpret…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Library Role, Research Universities
Isfandyari-Moghaddam, Alireza; Sedehi, Maryam; Dehghani, Mozhdeh; Nemati-Anaraki, Leila; Hasanzadeh-Dizaji, Elaheh – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to compare the attitude of the managers of libraries located at Iran, Tehran and Shahid Beheshti Medical Sciences Universities' training hospitals, on the status of information technology (IT) in the mentioned libraries. Design/methodology/approach: This study employed a researcher-made questionnaire. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Hospitals, Libraries
Download full textPaton-Ash, Margie; Wilmot, Di – South African Journal of Education, 2015
There is no national policy for school libraries which compels school governing bodies and principals to have a library in their schools. It is thus not surprising that in 2011, only 21% of state schools had libraries, only 7% had stocked libraries and 79% of schools had no library at all (Department of Basic Education (DBE) Republic of South…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Libraries, Barriers, Performance Factors
Goulding, Anne; Walton, Graham; Stephens, Derek – Australian Library Journal, 2012
The main purpose of this paper is to discuss the political and strategic skills needed by library leaders in today's library environment. The discussion is based on a small scale research project focused on opinions of skills needed by library leaders. The survey involved a questionnaire of librarianship students and library practitioners as well…
Descriptors: Library Role, Foreign Countries, Leadership, Skill Analysis
Maskell, Cathy; Soutter, Jennifer; Oldenburg, Kristina – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2010
Surveys library directors in the Ontario Council of University Libraries consortium regarding weeding, last copy print archiving, and the role of the consortium. Responses reveal divergent opinions but an answer lies in partnerships. Cost remains an over-riding factor and the uncertainty of future budgets make commitment to long-term planning…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Library Personnel, Library Administration, Academic Libraries
