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Dissertation Information for Alma Dawson

NAME:
- Alma Dawson

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- Texas Woman's University (USA) (1996)

ADVISORS:
- Keith Swigger

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Adeline Wood Wilkes
- Howard Leslie Smith
- Kathleen de la Pena McCook

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: The Academic Library in Intra-Institutional Relationships: Case Studies in Library Finance

Abstract: This study examined the percentage of education and general expenditure funds (E&G) of three selected academic libraries in Master's I Comprehensive Universities for the period of 1983 to 1993 to explore both positive and negative variables in the funding environment. In addition, forty library directors in Master's I Comprehensive Universities in the Southeastern and Southwestern United States completed a modified version of Joan Euster's Leader Activity Questionnaire, which served as a benchmark for examination site library director leader activities and managerial roles.

The study utilized the open systems approach to the study of organizations as described by Katz and Kahn (1966, 1978) and others as its theoretical framework. Interrelationships were explored through the case method (Yin 1989, 1994) to answer how and why questions related to variables in the funding environment. Several problem areas were explored in one major research question. "Why is it that academic libraries of similar size, mission, and scope receive different percentages of their institutions budgets?"

The library is a system within systems. Library allocations were impacted more by institutional priorities and views of the library's importance to the academic enterprise than by budgeting technique, such as historical allocation. The library director's knowledge of the external system (environment) and perceptions of effectiveness within the external environment appeared to impact library funding more positively than did managerial activity within the library organization. Favorable perceptions by upper level administrators of library directors and staff, and the library program of service, were positive impactors. No clear determination of the relationship between external funding and library allocation could be determined from the available evidence, except for the negative perceptions of upper level administrators regarding external general funding activity in relation to specific library needs. The findings supported a positive relationship between library standards and /or accreditation reviews by regional and national agencies and library allocation. No direct relationship between library allocation and faculty concerns about library resource could be documented from the available data. A positive relationship between library allocation and competition for resources by other campus support units was supported.

MPACT Scores for Alma Dawson

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calculated 2008-01-31 06:12:43

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