Challenges That Academic Library Directors Are Experiencing as Perceived by Them and Their Supervisors
Author(s) -
Eileen McElrath
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
college and research libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.886
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 2150-6701
pISSN - 0010-0870
DOI - 10.5860/crl.63.4.304
Subject(s) - perception , academic library , diversity (politics) , user satisfaction , higher education , psychology , public relations , medical education , political science , library science , computer science , medicine , law , human–computer interaction , neuroscience
The study examines perceptions of challenges reported by academic library directors and the chief academic officers to whom they report. Findings indicate that perceptions about user satisfaction were similar, that the challenge of serials was perceived to be the greatest challenge, that perceptions are related about the challenges of diversity and hardware, and that challenges of organizational change and crime in libraries appear to be influenced by age and length of tenure. Findings further indicate that training and the budget are related.
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