The Impact of Online Information Retrieval and Library Automation on the Attitude of Faculty in an Academic Library.

Autor/in	Wood, Richard J.
Titel	The Impact of Online Information Retrieval and Library Automation on the Attitude of Faculty in an Academic Library.
Quelle	(1986), (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Libraries; Academic Rank (Professional); Correlation; Faculty; Higher Education; Information Retrieval; Librarians; Library Services; Online Searching; Reference Services; Surveys + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Colleges; University; Universities; Libary; Libraries; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Universität; Bibliothek; Hochschulbibliothek; Korrelation; Academic Staff; Lehrkörper; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Librarian; Bibliothekar; Bibliothekarin; Bibliotheksarbeit; Online-Recherche; Literaturdienst; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	A random-sample survey of 100 faculty members at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania was made to determine how online reference services and library automation affect the attitude of faculty toward several variables: (1) centralization or decentralization of online reference services; (2) willingness to learn to use and to pay for the services; (3) willingness to use trained reference librarians for searching the databases; and (4) attitude toward faculty status for librarians. The study had a 70% response rate and analysis by the Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences (SPSS-X) shows that faculty favor decentralization of online information retrieval services as long as the institution underwrites the cost; faculty are not willing to pay for the services themselves. However, a large percentage of the faculty also favor centralization of online services and will use trained librarians rather than learn how to use the services at their own expense. Faculty feel the online reference services enhance, not endanger, the faculty status of librarians. Faculty approve of faculty status and rank for librarians at Slippery Rock University where librarians have had faculty status and rank for many years. Associate and full professors, as well as those who say they use the library more frequently, show a better attitude in this regard. (Author/THC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC