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    Academic libraries and estates strategy: a library leadership perspective
    (Facet Publishing, 2024-12-15) Wales, Tim; Everitt, Regina; Everitt, Neil
    This chapter draws and reflects on the author’s academic library leadership experiences at five different institutions. Valuable insight is shared for the emerging generation of library leaders on the pros and cons of various leadership styles, influencing and negotiating skills when decisions are being made by senior institutional management on investment in their library estate. The author adopts a matrix approach to identify the key surface and/or latent institutional and external variables that will determine the impact of an Estates Strategy on a refurbishment or new build library project – these include formal customer feedback, senior management perceptions, institutional space constraints, structural surveys etc.
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    Electronic thesis development at Cranfield University
    (Emerald, 2005-06) Bevan, Simon J.
    Abstract: Purpose – To describe the issues involved in the introduction of mandatory submission of electronic theses at Cranfield University. Design/methodology/approach – Background information on how the availability of e-theses has developed at Cranfield University is provided along with discussions and advice on issues such as the choice of software, thesis submission workflow and timeframes, particularly in relation to the publication of thesis-related articles. It also looks at metadata issues as well as both retrieval and usage of electronic theses. Finally it describes how the service has expanded from e-theses to other types of material and to the development and expansion of an institutional repository for Cranfield. Findings – It is shown that there are a number of issues that will need to be addressed from the points of view of librarians, academic staff and registry staff and that one effective method of managing the process is to set up a working group with all stakeholders in the process. There is a clear need for administrative procedures to be discussed in detail and a recognition that the time involved in changing regulations may be significant. Practical implications – It is clear that most of the issues that have arisen at Cranfield as outlined in the paper will be mirrored at other institutions that are considering the same changes, and so those institutions looking at the area of e-thesis submission may gain some useful insights. Originality/value – This paper provides useful advice on the issues that will arise as institutions go through the process of introducing the mandatory submission of electronic theses.
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    LibQUAL+ in the UK and Ireland: three years' findings and experience
    (2011-04-21) Lock, Selena A.; Town, J. Stephen
    Presents an overview of the SCONUL LibQUAL+ participation, reports some of the overall results of the 2003-2005 SCONUL cohorts, and describes some feedback from participants and the lessons learnt from the process. The overall results for SCONUL in 2005 show that performance is a little above the minimum in Affect of Service and some problems of performance below the minimum in Information Control and Library as Place. There is a marked difference between the results for 2003 and the subsequent years, and one without obvious immediate explanation. Library as Place is the dimension which suggests more research is needed to understand the variation across the three years, and the particularly good results in the 2003 cohort. Consistently across all years the ability of libraries to deliver printed materials that staff and students require for their work, and the print or electronic periodical collection provision has scored below users' minimum expectations in the UK. For all major dimensions there was a decrease in perceptions in 2004. Library as Place is the only dimension to see a steady increase in users' expectations over the three years, Information Control expectations have remained fairly stable and Affect of Service has seen a decline in users' expectations. (Quotes from original text)