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Dissertation Information for Anne Woodsworth

NAME:
- Anne Woodsworth

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- University of Pittsburgh (USA) (1987)

ADVISORS:
- Glenn Nelson

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Sara Fine
- Thomas Guy Zullo
- Paul Anthony Stieman

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: The Chief Information Officer's role in American research universities

Abstract: This study describes the role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) in American research universities. Role was defined as level of responsibility for academic computing, administrative systems, library automation and telecommunications; level of decision making in the same areas; formal organizational relationships with other related positions and with policy-making committees; biographic and demographic characteristics; and characteristics of the positions themselves.

Thirty-two CIO positions were found in 91 research universities. Twenty-eight of those were interviewed in 1986-1987. Through structured interviews, descriptive information was solicited about their role.

CIOs tended to have major or complete responsibility for academic computing. Responsibility was either major or shared for administrative systems and telecommunications. For library automation responsibility was minor. For academic computing most CIOs made decisions subject to approcal; for administrative systems and telecommunications they shared decision making. For library automation, most advised decision makers.

CIOs reported equally to presidents, provosts and executive vice-presidents and had one or more computer center directors reporting to them. Most CIOs had PhDs, had been in their positions for two years or less, had been promoted from another position in the same institution, and were in jobs created since 1984. A third of the respondents had academic backgrounds in computer science or engineering. Responsibilities and decision making were not affected by characteristics of incumbents or positions.

MPACT Scores for Anne Woodsworth

A = 0
C = 4
A+C = 4
T = 0
G = 0
W = 0
TD = 0
TA = 0
calculated 2008-01-31 06:23:03

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