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    Libraries and IT: are we there yet?

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    Issue Date
    2007-08
    Author
    Ludwig, Deborah
    Bullington, Jeffrey
    Publisher
    Emerald Insight
    Type
    Article
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    Abstract
    Purpose – This study aims to look at the impact for users on university library and information technology services, present and future, following merger.

    Design/methodology/approach – 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.

    Findings – 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.

    Originality/value – This paper is useful to others thinking the organizational relationship between libraries and campus information technology.

    Keywords - Academic libraries, Communication technologies, Organizational restructuring, Information services

    Paper type - Case study
    Description
    Special Issue on Library and IT Mergers. Article URL (requested by publisher) to final published version: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00907320710774247
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/1808/1670
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1108/00907320710774247
    ISSN
    0090-7324
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    Citation
    Ludwig, Deborah and Jeffrey Bullington. "Libraries and IT: are we there yet?" Reference Services Review 35.3 (2007): 360-378

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