Rank, Status, and Contribution of Academic Librarians as Perceived by the Teaching Faculty at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

1981/05/01 by Mark Cook, M. Kathy Cook · 1 citation
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Library Science and Administration #Library Science and Information Literacy #Web and Library Services

paper · pdf · doi:10.5860/crl_42_03_214

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Abstract

A questionnaire survey was cond. ucted to determine the teaching faculties' perceptions of the academic librarians at Southern Illinois Unipersity, Carbondale. Each question was analyzed by academic unit and rank of the respondents. Service was perceived as the most important function of the librarians, but many teaching faculty members indicated that librarians should conduct research if they are to be awarded faculty rank and status . The higher-ranking respondents used the

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