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Auteur principal: Wood, Richard J.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Langue:en
Publié: 1986
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contents The Impact of Online Information Retrieval and Library Automation on the Attitude of Faculty in an Academic Library. Wood, Richard J. Academic Libraries Academic Rank (Professional) Correlation Faculty Higher Education Information Retrieval Librarians Library Services Online Searching Reference Services Surveys A random-sample survey of 100 faculty members at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania was made to determine how online reference services and library automation affect the attitude of faculty toward several variables: (1) centralization or decentralization of online reference services; (2) willingness to learn to use and to pay for the services; (3) willingness to use trained reference librarians for searching the databases; and (4) attitude toward faculty status for librarians. The study had a 70% response rate and analysis by the Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences (SPSS-X) shows that faculty favor decentralization of online information retrieval services as long as the institution underwrites the cost; faculty are not willing to pay for the services themselves. However, a large percentage of the faculty also favor centralization of online services and will use trained librarians rather than learn how to use the services at their own expense. Faculty feel the online reference services enhance, not endanger, the faculty status of librarians. Faculty approve of faculty status and rank for librarians at Slippery Rock University where librarians have had faculty status and rank for many years. Associate and full professors, as well as those who say they use the library more frequently, show a better attitude in this regard. (Author/THC)
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spellingShingle The Impact of Online Information Retrieval and Library Automation on the Attitude of Faculty in an Academic Library.
Wood, Richard J.
Academic Libraries
Academic Rank (Professional)
Correlation
Faculty
Higher Education
Information Retrieval
Librarians
Library Services
Online Searching
Reference Services
Surveys
The Impact of Online Information Retrieval and Library Automation on the Attitude of Faculty in an Academic Library. Wood, Richard J. Academic Libraries Academic Rank (Professional) Correlation Faculty Higher Education Information Retrieval Librarians Library Services Online Searching Reference Services Surveys A random-sample survey of 100 faculty members at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania was made to determine how online reference services and library automation affect the attitude of faculty toward several variables: (1) centralization or decentralization of online reference services; (2) willingness to learn to use and to pay for the services; (3) willingness to use trained reference librarians for searching the databases; and (4) attitude toward faculty status for librarians. The study had a 70% response rate and analysis by the Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences (SPSS-X) shows that faculty favor decentralization of online information retrieval services as long as the institution underwrites the cost; faculty are not willing to pay for the services themselves. However, a large percentage of the faculty also favor centralization of online services and will use trained librarians rather than learn how to use the services at their own expense. Faculty feel the online reference services enhance, not endanger, the faculty status of librarians. Faculty approve of faculty status and rank for librarians at Slippery Rock University where librarians have had faculty status and rank for many years. Associate and full professors, as well as those who say they use the library more frequently, show a better attitude in this regard. (Author/THC)
title The Impact of Online Information Retrieval and Library Automation on the Attitude of Faculty in an Academic Library.
topic Academic Libraries
Academic Rank (Professional)
Correlation
Faculty
Higher Education
Information Retrieval
Librarians
Library Services
Online Searching
Reference Services
Surveys
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED266780