Dissertation Information for Orella Ramse Brazile NAME: - Orella Ramse Brazile
DEGREE:
- Ph.D.
DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science
SCHOOL:
- University of North Texas (USA) (1991)
ADVISORS: - Herman L. Totten
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: - Katherine Cveljo - Ana D. Cleveland - Mary Shepherd Thibodeuax
MPACT Status: Fully Complete
Title: Factors related to the professional progress of academic librarians in Louisiana
Abstract: Three groups of Academic librarians in Louisiana were surveyed to determine what factors other than job performance influenced professional progress (Salary increases, promotion and tenure) for them. Staff development activities were also investigated to determine if they played any significant role in influencing professional progress. Three opinion questions were also asked in this investigation about the feasibility of using an index that was developed to assess quantitatively staff development activities.
The following findings were the results of the study: (1) There are factors other than job performance that influenced professional progress; (2) staff development activities played a very small role in determining the professional progress of academic librarians in Louisiana; (3) the index model is a useful tool in quantitatively assessing staff development activities. Respondents also provided activities they thought were missing from the index model and suggestions to enhance the formulas used for assessing quality points.
Several statistical methods were used to analyze the data and test the hypotheses. These methods were frequency distributions, chi-square and analysis of variance. The Statistical Analysis System (SAS) was used to provide the analyses.
Results indicated that additional studies should be conducted: (1) to determine if Louisiana Libraries are experiencing a shortage in librarians and why; (2) to determine what role service--Institutional, Professional and Community--is playing in the evaluation process; (3) qualitative aspects of staff development activities should be studied; (4) and this study should be conducted using a larger population.
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MPACT Scores for Orella Ramse Brazile A = 0
C = 0
A+C = 0
T = 0
G = 0
W = 0
TD = 0
TA = 0
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