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Information Workers In The Academy: The Case Of Librarians And Archivists At The University Of Western Ontario, Melanie Mills
Information Workers In The Academy: The Case Of Librarians And Archivists At The University Of Western Ontario, Melanie Mills
Melanie Mills
For much of its history, the organizational culture for academic librarians and archivists at The University of Western Ontario was primarily a culture of the practitioner. While librarians and archivists supported teaching, research and service at Western, they did not directly engage in it. As a result of grassroots efforts undertaken by members of Western’s academic community in the mid-2000s however, the potential contributions of information workers to the teaching, research and service mandate of University began to garner recognition. Born out of this collective awakening, a successful union drive and shortly thereafter an inaugural Collective Agreement for The University …
Use Of Academic Library Strategic Priorities During Severe Budget Reductions, Anne Marie Casey
Use Of Academic Library Strategic Priorities During Severe Budget Reductions, Anne Marie Casey
Staff Works - Hunt Library
Poster presentation of initial findings from doctoral dissertation research.
Access To Business Research Resources Through Academic Library Web Sites: A Survey, John C. Gottfried
Access To Business Research Resources Through Academic Library Web Sites: A Survey, John C. Gottfried
DLPS Faculty Publications
This study is an examination of access to business research resources through academic library Web sites, including research databases, catalog services, research guides, and business librarians. The Web sites of 114 academic libraries serving top business programs in the United States were studied. Results reveal a wide range of access to business research databases among the schools studied (anywhere from 11 to 100 business databases available). Over 95% of the schools provided business research guides, and nearly all schools provided at least some contact information for business librarians.