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Academic Library Administrators Perceive Value In Their Librarians' Research, Elaine Sullo
Academic Library Administrators Perceive Value In Their Librarians' Research, Elaine Sullo
Himmelfarb Library Faculty Publications
Objective – To explore academic library administrators’ perceived value of their librarians’ research, specifically the importance to the profession and the library community.
Design – Qualitative, exploratory study using a survey questionnaire.
Setting – Academic libraries in the United States of America.
Subjects – 23 library administrators.
Methods – During the summer of 2010, one of the authors conducted 20-30 minute telephone interviews with 23 academic library administrators. Interviews were recorded and transcribed for coding. Interview questions 1-3 and 8-19 were content-analyzed; the authors described common themes for each of these questions. Items 4-7 had Likert scale response formats, and …