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EDUCATION: COLLEGE: FACULTY :
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EVIDENCE BASED:
Looking for Links: How Faculty Research Productivity
Correlates with Library Investment and
Why Electronic Library Materials Matter Most
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Looking for Links: How Faculty Research Productivity
Correlates with Library Investment and
Why Electronic Library Materials Matter Most
Michael M. Rawls
Budget and Assessment Director
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
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Received: 15 Feb. 2015
Accepted: 30 Apr. 2015
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
Vol 10, No 2 (2015)
http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/
EBLIP/article/view/24163/18391
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Abstract
Objective
This paper summarizes two studies that share the same research
question: do universities produce more scholarly research when they invest
more in their libraries? Research libraries spend a great deal of effort
reporting their expenditures, collections statistics, and other measures
that serve as a basis for interlibrary comparison and even rankings. The
straightforward assumption implied by this activity is that libraries
better serve their student and research communities when they are
well-funded and well-resourced. The studies examined here both ask if that
notion can be validated empirically, not because research libraries
require some sort of justification, but because in an environment of tough
budget decisions and shifting opinions about the changing role of
libraries, it may be useful to demonstrate that sustained investment in
libraries offers tangible returns or that the failure to do so can result
in tangible costs.
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Results
Both studies found that an institutions research productivity is
positively and significantly correlated with the level of investment it
makes in its libraries. Furthermore, both studies found electronic library
material expenditures to be particularly associated with increased
productivity. This relationship was so strong that an institutions level
of research productivity appears to be sensitive to how its librarys
collection budget is allocated between print and electronic materials. As
the portion of the budget dedicated to non-electronic material grew,
research productivity decreased in statistically significant fashion in
both studies.
Conclusion
While both studies succeeded in demonstrating the existence of
an empirical relationship between library investment and research
productivity, the most intriguing finding is that both studies observed a
decrease in number of journal articles being produced as expenditures for
non-electronic library materials increased. The conclusion is that the
efficiencies of electronic resources offer such advantages over the use of
traditional library materials in supporting scholarly research that
productivity suffers as institutions dedicate a greater portion of their
collection budgets to print materials at the expense of electronic
materials.
Article Contents
Abstract
Objective
Methods
Results
Conclusion
Introduction
Literature Review
Methodology and Results
First Study
Second Study
Discussion
Conclusion
References
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