Showing papers in "College & Research Libraries in 1973"
TL;DR: The role of the university library director has changed markedly in the last decade as discussed by the authors, and these difficulties coupled with a declining ability to meet user needs, the lack of cohesive library planning, and an institutional inability to accontmodate change have all contributed to the declining status of the library director.
Abstract: The role of the university library director has changed markedly in the last decade. The position of library director has become a difficult role to serve. Directors have been subjected to pressures from different quarters. Five sources are identified by the authors, including pressures from the president's office, library staff, faculty, and students. These difficulties coupled with a declining ability to meet user needs, the lack of cohesive library planning, and an institutional inability to accontmodate change have all contributed to the declining status of the library director. Recommendations as to ways to ameliorate the problem are offered. Among the suggestions included are better planning, improved budgeting techniques, and the introduction of new organizational patterns.
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TL;DR: The operational research approach to the problem of allocation of funds to different departments of a university for purchase of books and journals is described and a linear programming model is suggested for solving the allocation problem.
Abstract: Library governing boards are faced with many administrative questions affecting services offered. Rather than using explicit analysis of such questions, answers are implicitly based on a reluctance to change past practices. This paper describes the operational research approach to the problem of allocation of funds to different departments of a university for purchase of books and journals. A linear programming model is suggested for solving the allocation problem.
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TL;DR: Library Pathfinders offer the opportunity to share reference methodology in an organized, nationwide manner and can provide improved user service and instruction.
Abstract: Library cooperation in reference services has been limi.ted and largely unstructured. Library Pathfinders offer the opportunity to share reference methodology in an organized, nationwide manner. Intended to introduce library users to the variety of information sources available in research libraries, Pathfinders have been published in a wide range of disciplines. At M.I.T.'s Barker Engineering Library, they have proven to be effective time-savers for both library users and professional staff. The authors describe Pathfinders in detail and indicate how these reference aids can provide improved user service and instruction.
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TL;DR: The negative image of librarians has been exploited in mass media as mentioned in this paper, such as newspaper advertisements and book titles such as "Has Marian the Librarian Changed?", "What Would You Do With Brighter People?", and "The New Morality and the Old Librarian".
Abstract: THE NEGATIVE IMAGE OF TilE LIBRARIAN has recently been exploited in mass media. For example, Publisher~ s Weekly reported on an American Motors ad which stated: 'We may lose a few librarians for customers, but we think we~ll gain a few enthusiasts.\"1 Ironically, professional journals publish titles that also cast a negative image of the librarian. Titles such as \"Has Marian the Librarian Changed?,\" \"What Would You Do With Brighter People?\" and \"The New Morality and the Old Librarian\" help to encourage the continuance of the occupational stereotype.2 Sable wrote a description of the stereotype as follows:
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TL;DR: This report will attempt to prove that the Library of Congress National Program for Acquisitions and Cataloging has had a significant impact on a selected group of university libraries.
Abstract: The Library of Congress National Program for Acquisitions and Cataloging has been in operation since 1966. It seemed timely to conduct a fact-finding study to examine the effects of this program on the organization of bibliographic activities in a selected group of university libraries. This report will attempt to prove that the program has had a significant impact on these libraries. With budget cuts experienced by most libraries in recent years, there is no doubt that this program has contributed a great deal towards reducing cataloging costs and increasing bibliographic compatibility with the Library of Congress.
TL;DR: An overview of a document delivery service introduced at the University of Colorado is provided, who used it, why it was used, the level of performance achieved, and the attitudes of users toward it are analyzed.
Abstract: A campus delivery service is one way to increase accessibility of library materials. This report provides an overview of such a service, evaluates its performance, notes the economic implications, and concludes that the service can solve some of the problems of decentralized collections.BRARIES as service agencies? It is a question for which there are no. pat answers. Many factors can affect service: the geographical organization of a campus, the organization of the library system, the attitudes of the teaching faculty, library faculty and the administration, the size of the collection. However, it is probably safe to assume that most university libraries are under-utilized. Although the library is often labeled the heart of a university, it is more likely to function as an instructional appendage. Do researchers turn to the library when they need information? It is well known that many researchers have developed alternate communication channels which for them are more responsive. In general, researchers secure information from the sources most convenient to them. In 1963 Slater found that the distance from a researcher's office to his technical library influenced his use of that library. 1 Allen and Ros-enberg found that information channels are selected on the basis of ease of use and accessibility rather than on the. amount of information those channels are expected to generate. 2 Robert Tay-lor has stated that a system which provides easier access, specifically physical convenience, will be more effective than a system which is concerned only with the quality of the scheme of subject organization .3 C. Walter Stone suggested that in the long run it may prove more effective and efficient to move information to people rather than move people to information. 4 If ease and convenience are such potent influences on a user's behavior, then why not develop mechanisms to improve the ease to which a library's rich resources can be accessed? A campus delivery service is one way to increase the accessibility of documents. A delivery service could enable a faculty member to telephone from his office for a specific item. The library could respond by retrieving the item from the stacks, checking it out, and delivering it either to the requestor's departmental office or directly to his office. This paper analyzes a document delivery service introduced at the University of Colorado; who used it, why it was used, the level of performance achieved, and the attitudes of users toward …
TL;DR: Attitudes toward management and the supervision of employees have changed during the past few years to reflect a more complete integration of personal and organizational goals.
Abstract: THE SUBJECT OF SUPERVISORY TRAINING for libraries is one that seems to be largely neglected in both library literature and library practice. There are many articles on the training of library assistants but these deal with the technical aspects of librarianship such as book ordering and processing, circulation routines, filing, indexing, etc. Even librarians with exposure to classes in library administration at the graduate level are often inadequately prepared for the myriad of personnel problems that inevitably accompany the supervisory role into which many are thrust. In general, attitudes toward management and the supervision of employees have changed during the past few years to reflect a more complete integration of personal and organizational goals. We have progressed from the impersonal mechanistic approach of the early 1900s, through the humanitarian approach of the 1930s that stressed employee happiness, to the present day systems approach that views personal and organizational
TL;DR: The only way for a woman, as for a man, to find herself, to know herself as a person, is by creative work of her own. But a job, any job, is not the answer-in fact, it can be part of the trap as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The only way for a woman, as for a man, to find herself, to know herself as a person, is by creative work of her own. There is no other way. But a job, any job, is not the answer-in fact, it can be part of the trap. Women who do not look for jobs equal to their actual capacity, who do not let themselves develop the lifetime interests and goals which require serious education and training . . . are walking, almost as surely as the ones who stay inside the housewife trap, to a nonexistent future. If a job is to be the way out of the trap for a woman, it must be a job that she can take seriously as part of a life plan, work in which she can grow as part of society.l
TL;DR: A shift in scientific endeavor from basic science to applied, leading to the emergence of programmatic research; and the technology of science itself are discussed, along with their consequences for information centers.
Abstract: IT HAS BEEN GENERALLy AGREED IN RECENT YEARS that information needs are growing more rapidly than the abilities of research libraries and information centers to · meet them. Most often, the reason given for this phenomenon has been the growth in the amount of pub. lished literature. Two additional reasons, which are little noted though perhaps more important, will be discussed here, along with their consequences for information centers: a shift in scientific endeavor from basic science to applied, leading to the emergence of programmatic research; and the technology of science itself. These sources of difficulty will be discussed briefly before considering their influence on information systems.