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Direct linkDrummond, Robyn; Wartho, Richard – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2009
In 2005, the Library at UNSW began a comprehensive restructuring process that fundamentally changed the provision of services to its academic community. A primary aim of this process was to increase flexibility of service development and delivery and so to improve research support. The motivation for reformed services arose from considerations…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Services
Peer reviewedGroth, Randall H.; And Others – SRA Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1992
Application of a multidimensional measure of university research activity, the Research Activity Index (RAI), is described and compared to the more common use of research and development expenditures as a criterion of activity. The RAI incorporates seven expenditure variables, three graduate-student-related variables, and a research library…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Expenditures
Busch, B. J. – 1986
This study explores current trends and practices in functional integration based on site visits to six Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries selected on the basis of their responses to a Fall 1984 ARL questionnaire. The responses indicated that, for all six libraries, some integration of functions existed, staff reorganization…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Organization, Higher Education, Library Administration
Peer reviewedWilliams, Robert V. – Special Libraries, 1988
Examination of appropriateness of productivity measurements to assess performance of special libraries defines the concept, discusses problems in their use, and gives guidelines for implementation. Results of use of productivity measurements in Library of Congress and State Department library are reported, and productivity measurements are…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Library Research, Measurement Techniques, Productivity
Peer reviewedClark, Philip M. – Library and Information Science Research, An International Journal, 1984
Describes three methods of sample size determination, each having its use in investigation of social science problems: Attribute method; Continuous Variable method; Galtung's Cell Size method. Statistical generalization, benefits of cell size method (ease of use, trivariate analysis and trichotyomized variables), and choice of method are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Library Research, Research Methodology, Sample Size
Brockman, J. R. – 1984
Based on material obtained and observations made in 1982, this Australian study focuses on the British Library's inter-library comparison (ILC) project for academic libraries. The report is presented in five sections, the first of which is a brief introduction. The second section deals with the general concept of inter-organization comparison as a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency
Peer reviewedKrompart, Janet; DiFelice, Clara – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1987
Reviews results of 36 faculty status surveys published since the establishment of standards by the Association of College and Research Libraries in 1971. These findings present a documented picture of the realities of academic librarianship in relation to stated goals and provide information useful for the reevaluation of faculty status.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Compensation (Remuneration), Employee Responsibility, Evaluation Criteria
