Contributed by Organizations or Campuses; Articles, Papers, and Reports; Faculty; and Faculty - Library Collaboration

Institutional Repositories: Evaluating the Reasons for Non-use of Cornell University's Installation of DSpace

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Title:Institutional Repositories: Evaluating the Reasons for Non-use of Cornell University's Installation of DSpace (ID: CSD4922)
Author(s):Philip Davis (Cornell University) and Matthew J. Connolly (Cornell University)
Source:D-Lib Magazine
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2007)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:This article reports on a three-part evaluative study of institutional repositories. We describe the contents and participation in Cornell's DSpace and compare these results with seven university DSpace installations. Through in-depth interviews with eleven faculty members in the sciences, social sciences and humanities, we explore their attitudes, motivations, and behaviors for non-participation in institutional repositories.
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A Report on Librarian-Faculty Relations from a Sociological Perspective

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Title:A Report on Librarian-Faculty Relations from a Sociological Perspective (ID: CSD3236)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2004)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:This paper reviews social science and library studies literatures on librarian-faculty relations, and presents a preliminary sociological analysis of these relations. The authors find an asymmetrical disconnection between both groups: Librarians and faculty identify a disconnection that keeps the two separated, but only librarians view this disconnection as problematic.
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