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Main Author: Burns, Robert W., Jr.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1974
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED100341
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contents An Investigation Into the Feasibility of Merging Three Technical Processing Operations Into One Central Unit. Burns, Robert W., Jr. Cataloging College Libraries Land Grant Universities Library Acquisition Library Administration Library Cooperation Library Research Library Surveys Library Technical Processes Private Colleges Schools of Education Three contiguous schools in the upper midwest--a teacher's training college and a private four-year college in one state, and a land-grant university in another--were studied to see if their libraries could merge one of their major divisions--technical services--into a single administrative unit. Potential benefits from such a merger were felt to be economic, political, social, and educational. The investigator found that these schools were not yet ready for such a merger. Several alternative courses of action were suggested which would allow the schools to begin preparing for such a move as painlessly as possible. Supporting the study is a methodology for analyzing library cooperative proposals including a questionnaire, interview techniques, a statistical analysis of acquisition (on-order) files to determine potential overlap, a processing diary study, flow process charts, a staff dispersion study, cost analysis, and a policies and procedures analysis chart. (Author/PF)
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spellingShingle An Investigation Into the Feasibility of Merging Three Technical Processing Operations Into One Central Unit.
Burns, Robert W., Jr.
Cataloging
College Libraries
Land Grant Universities
Library Acquisition
Library Administration
Library Cooperation
Library Research
Library Surveys
Library Technical Processes
Private Colleges
Schools of Education
An Investigation Into the Feasibility of Merging Three Technical Processing Operations Into One Central Unit. Burns, Robert W., Jr. Cataloging College Libraries Land Grant Universities Library Acquisition Library Administration Library Cooperation Library Research Library Surveys Library Technical Processes Private Colleges Schools of Education Three contiguous schools in the upper midwest--a teacher's training college and a private four-year college in one state, and a land-grant university in another--were studied to see if their libraries could merge one of their major divisions--technical services--into a single administrative unit. Potential benefits from such a merger were felt to be economic, political, social, and educational. The investigator found that these schools were not yet ready for such a merger. Several alternative courses of action were suggested which would allow the schools to begin preparing for such a move as painlessly as possible. Supporting the study is a methodology for analyzing library cooperative proposals including a questionnaire, interview techniques, a statistical analysis of acquisition (on-order) files to determine potential overlap, a processing diary study, flow process charts, a staff dispersion study, cost analysis, and a policies and procedures analysis chart. (Author/PF)
title An Investigation Into the Feasibility of Merging Three Technical Processing Operations Into One Central Unit.
topic Cataloging
College Libraries
Land Grant Universities
Library Acquisition
Library Administration
Library Cooperation
Library Research
Library Surveys
Library Technical Processes
Private Colleges
Schools of Education
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED100341