Publication Date
2007
Document Type
Thesis
Committee Members
Joanne Risacher (Other), Charles Ryan (Advisor)
Degree Name
Educational Specialist (EdS)
Abstract
Ohio's public two-year community colleges were surveyed to determine how many have merged their libraries and information technology operations. A merger scale developed by Bolin was used as a measure of degree of merger. Results of telephone interviews with librarians at fifteen institutions showed that less than 25% of the subject colleges had some form of merged operation. This figure was similar to reports in the literature. Those Ohio colleges reporting merged operations were all large or very large institutions. This finding did not fit with the literature, which associated merged operations with small institutions. Librarians were also asked about faculty status of librarians and academic characteristics of library operations. Thirteen colleges reported to an academic administrator, but two of three merged institutions reported to a non-academic administrator. Based on these findings, recommendations were made for further research.
Page Count
79
Department or Program
Department of Leadership Studies in Education and Organizations
Year Degree Awarded
2007
Copyright
Copyright 2007, all rights reserved. This open access ETD is published by Wright State University and OhioLINK.
