Journal article
Use of teams in technical services in academic libraries
Library collections, acquisitions, & technical services, Vol.35(2), pp.69-82
2011
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/117130
Abstract
A review of library literature shows a general trend of technical services in academic libraries to reorganize into teams. This paper analyzes the results of a survey conducted in 2010 in order to answer four research questions: how extensively technical services in academic libraries have moved into the use of teams in organizational structures; how extensively technical services in academic libraries have done training related to teams; what team characteristics are demonstrated by teams in technical services in academic libraries; and how the effectiveness of teams is perceived by staff and faculty who work in technical services in academic libraries.
► More and more technical services in academic libraries have moved into the use of teams in the past ten years. ► Teams had been used for a variety of purposes in technical services in academic libraries. ► Training and documentation related to teams had not been done as extensively as should be. ► The use of teams in technical services in academic libraries varied widely. ► About 74.3% of the respondents considered the impact of teams on their technical services at least slightly positive.
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Details
- Title
- Use of teams in technical services in academic libraries
- Creators
- Lihong Zhu - Technical Services, Washington State University Libraries, P.O. Box 645610, Pullman, WA 99164–5610, United States
- Publication Details
- Library collections, acquisitions, & technical services, Vol.35(2), pp.69-82
- Academic Unit
- Libraries
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Identifiers
- 99900582339601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article