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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2015
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1061460 |
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- Perceptions of Canadian Provosts on the Institutional Role of Academic Libraries Robertson, Mark Foreign Countries Academic Libraries Library Role Research Universities Administrator Attitudes Interviews Alignment (Education) Institutional Mission Success Library Development Library Administration Library Research Library Services Access to Information Institutional Characteristics Institutional Advancement College Administration This study examines perceptions of provosts from Canadian research-intensive universities regarding their institution's academic libraries. Interviews conducted with nine provosts explored how they perceive academic libraries in terms of alignment with institutional mission, how they envision the future of their libraries, and what they interpret as indicators of success. The results suggest that provosts perceive libraries making significant contributions to research and student learning, particularly through the provision of access to information and the evolving role of library as place respectively. Other areas of library expertise, such as scholarly communication, appear somewhat less familiar to provosts, suggesting the need for library leaders to promote new roles within the institutional context.