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Library Newsletter (Library Lines), Volume 1, Number 2, Sacred Heart University Library
Library Newsletter (Library Lines), Volume 1, Number 2, Sacred Heart University Library
Library Newsletters
An historic artifact from the Library Archives which describes what was happening in the Sacred Heart University Library in 1985.
Academic Library Services: The Literature Of Innovation, Jo Bell Whitlatch, Judy Reynolds
Academic Library Services: The Literature Of Innovation, Jo Bell Whitlatch, Judy Reynolds
Faculty Publications
Innovation has the potential for increasing the effectiveness of information service. As a result of this interest in innovation, organizational theorists have begun to explore the effect of organizational design upon flexibility, creativity, and productivity of organizations. A review of existing literature, however, provides no comprehensive theory of organizational innovation. Research on organizational design and innovation in libraries could contribute to the systematic study of the impact of organization structure . Studies by Howard and Luquire indicate that traditional library organizations may inhibit change as well as the reexamination of values and service. Further study is needed to determine how …