The Library and the Computer Center: Organizational Patterns at Land Grant Universities

Bolin, Mary K.

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2004.09.004

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“…Institutions the structural relation of information technology and libraries, Bolin selected land-grant universities. 4 The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) membership is an especially popular choice; SPEC Kits are one example of a series of surveys drawn from ARL membership, as is also the long-running ARL statistical data available on the web.…”

Section: Existing Resources and Techniquesmentioning

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Charting Academic Library Staffing: Data from National Surveys

Applegate

2007

CRL

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Many issues in academic library practice and research are affected by staffing patterns. To provide an overview of librarian distribution among large, medium, and small institutions, librarian to nonlibrarian ratios, and ratios of library staff to students and faculty, a database comprising 1,380 fouryear nonspecialized U.S. academic institutions was constructed. Among other findings, these descriptive data show that academic librarians are distributed bimodally, with a few large libraries employing about half of all academic librarians. Findings concerning librarians, institutions, and staffing ratios by library size, Carnegie classification, and control are presented.

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Section: Existing Resources and Techniquesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Charting Academic Library Staffing: Data from National Surveys

Applegate

2007

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“…These comments echo Bolin's (2005) contention that the library and IT both have synergy with the rest of campus, but they may be able to best develop that synergy independently.…”

Section: The Importance Of Timementioning

confidence: 94%

“…Dougherty (1987) and Weber (1988) wrote early articles challenging some assertions of the MISO model proponents. More recently Bolin (2005, p. 10) summed up concerns that the idea of the convergence of the library and the computer center is bringing them inevitably together is misplaced:…”

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The perception of effectiveness of merged information services organizations

Stemmer

2007

Reference Services Review

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to assess the perceptions of chief information officers and academic deans with respect to the effectiveness of merged information services organizations (MISOs) at liberal arts colleges.Design/methodology/approachThis study is descriptive exploratory survey research. A survey of chief information officers (CIOs) and academic deans of liberal arts colleges with merged information services organizations was undertaken. In addition to a general assessment of the MISO, a taxonomy of expected benefits was developed from the literature. Respondents provided information on both the general effectiveness of the MISO and its delivery of the expected benefits. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected.FindingsThe paper finds that both CIOs and academic deans had a favorable impression of the MISO and believed it was effective in providing support and delivering expected benefits. Concerns were raised that the MISO organization requires staff development time and can contribute to a loss of focus among constituent units.Research limitations/implicationsThe study is limited to Carnegie bachelor's level institutions with a MISO.Practical implicationsMISOs are effective in providing support and the expected benefits. Institutions implementing or considering the MISO model should be aware of possible problem areas (staff development and loss of unit focus) and plan to address them appropriately.Originality/valueThe study identified areas of concern among both CIOs and deans with the implementation of a MISO. Information services units' leadership as well as institutional administration should consider these findings when considering or implementing a MISO.

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“…3 By spring of 2005, Northwest had approximately 2,000 courses taught in a trimester with 541 web-supplemented and 56 online courses.…”

Section: Information Systems and Owens Library-symbiotic Synergymentioning

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Todd

Mardis

Wyatt

2005

Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM SIGUCCS Conference on User Services

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Over the last two decades, institutions of higher education have frequently embraced the "One-Stop-Shopping" concept where information resources are concerned. If not outright merging, campus technology departments and library services have found themselves working in close collaboration, slowly but steadily forming a symbiotic relationship with a greater dependence and reliance on each other for support and mutual survival. Consequently, it has become vital to find common ground between computing and library services, two institutional entities that may possess similar, but often very different mission statements, job performance expectations and departmental goals, all the while occupying the same facility and competing for the same space and resources.In this paper, the authors will discuss the collaboration of Northwest's Owens Library Services and Information Systems Department, and how this relationship has provided greater opportunities for supporting and enhancing the library and technology experience of campus users. In addition, the authors will discuss the services offered and methods deployed by both departments independently and in cooperation with each other to generate the kind of synergy needed to create successful clientcentered computing labs.

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The Library and the Computer Center: Organizational Patterns at Land Grant Universities

Cited by 10 publications

References 3 publications

Charting Academic Library Staffing: Data from National Surveys

Charting Academic Library Staffing: Data from National Surveys

The perception of effectiveness of merged information services organizations

Synergy in action

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