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Patillo, Ericka J. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The academic library middle manager (ALMM) role is little understood and understudied. Using Organizational Role Theory, Middle Managers' Four Strategic Roles, and the Taxonomy of Managerial Performance Requirements as frameworks, this study was designed to identify and describe the expectations of the middle manager role in academic libraries; to…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Administrator Role, Academic Libraries, Middle Management
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Tewell, Eamon C. – College & Research Libraries, 2018
Critical information literacy is a way of thinking and teaching that examines the social construction and political dimensions of libraries and information, problematizing information's production and use so that library users may think critically about such forces. Being an educational approach that acknowledges and emboldens learners' agency,…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Library Instruction
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Ukwoma, Scholastica C.; Dike, V. W. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2017
This study was carried out to ascertain the attitudes of academics concerning the utilization of institutional repositories (IRs) in Nigerian universities. The study took the form of a descriptive survey, gathering data from the five Nigerian universities with IRs. The result showed that the universities developed IRs to create a forum for their…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Electronic Libraries, Archives, Academic Libraries
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Okwor, Roseline Ngozi; Mole, Austin J. C.; Ihekwoaba, Emmanuel Chukwudi – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2015
This paper seeks to examine the current state of academic utilization of government publications in Nigerian university libraries. Using a descriptive survey, the study focused on three academic libraries in Southeastern Nigeria serving a population of 11,996 undergraduate and postgraduate student library users, 592 of whom answered a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government Publications, Academic Libraries, Information Utilization
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Chen, Yen-Ting; Chou, Tsung-Yu – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2011
This paper applied Grey Relational Analysis (GRA) to Quality Function Deployment (QFD) to identify service improvement techniques for an academic library. First, reader needs and their importance, and satisfaction degrees were examined via questionnaires. Second, the service improvement techniques for satisfying the reader needs were developed by…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Improvement, User Needs (Information)
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Mayende, Jackline Estomihi Kiwelu; Obura, Constant Okello – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2013
The study carried out at Makerere University and Uganda Martyrs University in 2010 aimed at providing strategies for enhanced distance learning library services in terms of convenience and adequacy. The study adopted a cross sectional descriptive survey design. The study revealed services provided in branch libraries in Ugandan universities were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Library Services, Universities
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Hart, Genevieve – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2010
Job satisfaction was investigated at a South African university library undergoing change on many fronts. The study included 31 members of staff and the data were gathered via interviews/questionnaires, informed by standard HRM job satisfaction theory. The study found a "love-hate" relationship between respondents and their work. The key…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Library Personnel, Academic Libraries, Interviews
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Du, Jia Tina; Evans, Nina – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2011
This study investigated the use of a university library academic service to assist in research information seeking, and the role and value of the academic services in support of research from the viewpoints of both academic users and librarians. Ten Ph.D. students completed questionnaires followed by face-to-face discussions and four academic…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Questionnaires, Interviews, Research Libraries
Markey, Karen; Rieh, Soo Young; St. Jean, Beth; Kim, Jihyun; Yakel, Elizabeth – Council on Library and Information Resources, 2007
In this report, the authors describe results of a nationwide census of institutional repositories in U.S. academic institutions. The census is one of several activities of the MIRACLE Project, an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)-funded research program based at the University of Michigan. The acronym MIRACLE means "Making…
Descriptors: Preservation, Electronic Libraries, Academic Libraries, Higher Education
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Meltzer, Ellen; And Others – Library Trends, 1995
Provides a brief overview of focus groups; discusses the use of undergraduate focus groups on two campuses of the University of California library system; describes methodologies used, including interviews and questionnaires; and describes new directions the libraries were led as a result of student input. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Focus Groups, Higher Education, Interviews
Akanji, T. A.; Ola, C. O. – Online Submission, 2006
This article examines the relevance of training and skills development to modern librarianship in the first generation universities in Nigeria. The developments noticed in this sector in the universities within the past decade made it imperative to have new workers with new skills to adopt to the many changes that have taken place that are likely…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Skill Development, Librarians
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Widdows, Richard; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1991
Discussion of qualitative and quantitative research techniques highlights the use of focus group interviews and describes their use at Purdue University to determine student user perceptions of and attitudes toward the library system. The use of the interviews as a supplement to a questionnaire survey is discussed. (20 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Interviews, Library Services
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Marama, Ishaya D. – International Information & Library Review, 1998
Describes the use of questionnaires and interviews for a study on the use of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Library (Nigeria) by international students. Problems faced by students are highlighted, including the language barrier, new services, and unfamiliar library terminology. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Higher Education
Carey, Kevin – 1986
Twelve online searchers in several reference departments in a major urban university library were interviewed to identify the criteria that are present in successful searches from the searcher's perspective. The study was designed to show that successful searching requires active participation by both the searcher and the patron throughout the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, Interviews
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Bavakutty, M. – International Library Review, 1986
This survey and questionnaires addressed to library personnel in the 51 arts and science colleges affiliated with the University of Calicut (India) and interviews with a representative group of students and teachers to assess the status and grades of librarians, their educational and professional qualifications, supporting staff, and their…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Educational Background, Employment Qualifications
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