EDUCAUSE | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses; Articles, Papers, and Reports; and IT-Library Mergers

Libraries and IT: are we there yet?

elilly — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:23:45 -0500

This study aims to look at the impact for users on university library and information technology services, present and future, following merger. The study examined user survey data from the early 1990s through the 2006 LibQUAL survey, collected information through interviews with faculty and Information Services, and examined the National Science Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies reports on cyberinfrastructure. The paper finds that while the merged information services organization is not yet a resounding success from the perspectives of staff in information services or faculty, it is a brave attempt to respond to the future.

Culture Morph

ckeller — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:58:09 -0500

Technologists and librarians are discovering that intelligent organizational overlap is the route to the digital library of the future.

Innovative Use of Information Technology by Colleges

drupal — Thu, 23 Sep 1999 16:00:44 -0500

This report contains nine case studies of colleges and mid-sized universities whose libraries have used new information technologies to improve education on their campuses. Funded by a grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, members of CLIR staff and one of its advisory groups, the College Libraries Committee, studied the experience of college libraries that use new information technology to enhance library services and provide information resources to students and faculty in innovative ways. The nine colleges and mid-sized universities that participated in the study are: the California Institute of Technology; Carnegie Mellon University; Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis; Lafayette College; Point Park College; Southern Utah University; Stevens Institute of Technology; West Virginia Wesleyan College; and Wellesley College.

The Impact of Merging Academic Libraries and Computer Centers on User Services

drupal — Fri, 10 Sep 1999 17:16:38 -0500

In the field of technology and higher education, to converge is to combine academic library, computing services, and perhaps additional departments related to information technology. This paper describes reasons to converge, why convergence might be difficult, and if users services are directly enhanced after convergence. After convergence, do students, faculty, staff, and the general public (hereafter referred to as end users) receive better personal service when they use information sources? After convergence, are faculty receiving improved assistance as they attempt to implement information technology in curriculum development? After convergence, do end users have improved access to the necessary computer hardware, software, and computer networks to meet their information needs?