Expanding Library Support of Faculty Research: Exploring Readiness

Authors

Jeanne M. Brown, University of Nevada Las VegasFollow
J. Cory Tucker, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Postprint

Publication Date

7-2013

Publication Title

portal: Libraries and the Academy

Publisher

John Hopkins University Press

Volume

13

Issue

3

First page number:

283

Last page number:

299

Abstract

The changing research and information environment requires a reexamination of library support for research. This study considers research-related attitudes and practices to identify elements indicating readiness or resistance to expanding the library’s role in research support. A survey of faculty conducted at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) finds that although a high percentage of faculty rate the library as important or very important to research productivity, perceived importance of specific support functions drops markedly, except for functions related to buying or providing access to resources.

Keywords

Academic libraries; Research; Universities and colleges – Faculty

Disciplines

Library and Information Science | Scholarly Communication | Scholarly Publishing

Language

English

Comments

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Permissions

Copyright © 2013 by The Johns Hopkins University Press, all rights reserved.

Repository Citation

Brown, J. M., Tucker, J. C. (2013). Expanding Library Support of Faculty Research: Exploring Readiness. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 13(3), 283-299. John Hopkins University Press.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/lib_articles/423