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Teper, Jennifer Hain; Shaw, Emily F. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2011
In anticipation of current and future mass digitization projects in which the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Library will participate, the Library's Conservation Unit began to gather data on the "scannability" of our general book collections to anticipate potential effects on conservation and preservation work flows. The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Research Libraries, Research Universities, Library Materials
Lowry, Charles B. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2011
Where library budgets are concerned, there is every evidence now, after three years, that research libraries have arrived at "the new normal." That is, they do not expect a return to systematic and regular additions to Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) budgets in order to support ever-increasing prices that are out of proportion to…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Budgets, Economic Climate, Context Effect
Gilman, Todd; Lindquist, Thea – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2010
The topic of academic/research librarians with subject doctorates remains largely unexplored. Based on survey data gathered from subject-doctorate holders (excluding those with doctorates in LIS) currently working in U.S. and Canadian academic/research libraries, this article extends the analysis published by the authors in the January 2008 issue…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Work Environment, Educational Background, Librarians
Lindquist, Thea; Gilman, Todd – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2008
The topic of academic/research librarians with subject doctorates is largely unexplored in the literature, despite recent efforts to recruit them. Based on survey data gathered from non-LIS doctorate holders currently working in U.S. and Canadian academic/research libraries, this article highlights data and trends relating to these librarians,…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Educational Background
Franklin, Brinley – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2007
Are we witnessing the privatization of public university research libraries? There is convincing evidence that, in an era of decreasing state support for public higher education, public universities have begun to resemble private universities, particularly in their sources of revenue. A number of indicators demonstrate that public universities,…
Descriptors: Privatization, Public Colleges, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries
Lakos, Amos – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2007
This paper is an extension of the author's earlier work on developing management information services and creating a culture of assessment in libraries. The author will focus observations on the use of data in decision-making in libraries, specifically on the role of leadership in making evidence-based decision a reality, and will review new…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Information Technology
Atkins, Stephanie A. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2005
An increasing number of academic and research libraries have built high-density shelving facilities to address overcrowding conditions in their regular stacks. However, the work performed in these facilities is physically strenuous and highly repetitive in nature and may require the use of potentially dangerous equipment. This article will examine…
Descriptors: Safety, Research Libraries, Work Environment, Academic Libraries