%0 Thesis %1 schwartz_administration_1987 %A Schwartz, Ruth %C New York %D 1987 %K LIBRARY SCIENCE %T The administration and organization of private and public multicampus university libraries: A study of selected cases %X After World War II the unparalleled growth of American higher education produced a pattern of organization that is today's multicampus university system. Correspondingly, university libraries that were geographically separated in multiple campuses of one university became the present-day multicampus library system. Such systems have shared a common goal: to serve the educational and research needs of students, faculty and researchers of the parent institution. The libraries have faced common problems: space demands, escalating costs of materials, increased user needs, adaptation of computer technology to library operations, and the need for strategic planning to accommodate declining enrollment and fiscal stringency. Beyond the problems faced by the multicampus university libraries are issues inherent in the multicampus library system: the degree of centralization versus local autonomy, the nature of power and control as influenced by the parent organization, and the organization of multicampus libraries that reflects the debate of whether centralization or decentralization is better suited to meet educational objectives. Major questions concerning the structure, governance, and future character of the multicampus university library have been addressed in an investigation of three selected multicampus universities, two private and one semi-public, in the Northeastern United States, using the case study mode. These libraries represent two different methods of administration: decentralized--campus libraries that have local campus-based administrative authority, and centralized--campus libraries that function within a centrally controlled library system. This study showed market-driven, entrepreneurial expansion in campus and facilities by the two private multicampus universities, a lesser degree of expansion by the semi-public multicampus university, with an accompanying lag in the financial ability of the library systems to stay abreast of the increased demand for services. Apparent was almost constant change in the organization and administration of the library systems, with a trend emerging toward centralization of administration and technical services. The universities examined have at various times contended with escalating costs in the face of declining enrollment, a difficult situation for low-endowment, tuition-dependent universities and one that has had a profound effect on the delivery of library services.

@phdthesis{schwartz_administration_1987, abstract = {After World War II the unparalleled growth of American higher education produced a pattern of organization that is today's multicampus university system. Correspondingly, university libraries that were geographically separated in multiple campuses of one university became the present-day multicampus library system. Such systems have shared a common goal: to serve the educational and research needs of students, faculty and researchers of the parent institution. The libraries have faced common problems: space demands, escalating costs of materials, increased user needs, adaptation of computer technology to library operations, and the need for strategic planning to accommodate declining enrollment and fiscal stringency. Beyond the problems faced by the multicampus university libraries are issues inherent in the multicampus library system: the degree of centralization versus local autonomy, the nature of power and control as influenced by the parent organization, and the organization of multicampus libraries that reflects the debate of whether centralization or decentralization is better suited to meet educational objectives. Major questions concerning the structure, governance, and future character of the multicampus university library have been addressed in an investigation of three selected multicampus universities, two private and one semi-public, in the Northeastern United States, using the case study mode. These libraries represent two different methods of administration: decentralized--campus libraries that have local campus-based administrative authority, and centralized--campus libraries that function within a centrally controlled library system. This study showed market-driven, entrepreneurial expansion in campus and facilities by the two private multicampus universities, a lesser degree of expansion by the semi-public multicampus university, with an accompanying lag in the financial ability of the library systems to stay abreast of the increased demand for services. Apparent was almost constant change in the organization and administration of the library systems, with a trend emerging toward centralization of administration and technical services. The universities examined have at various times contended with escalating costs in the face of declining enrollment, a difficult situation for low-endowment, tuition-dependent universities and one that has had a profound effect on the delivery of library services.}, added-at = {2018-06-19T15:18:45.000+0200}, address = {New York}, author = {Schwartz, Ruth}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/239bf28d5648cb7e134a0d86809835bdc/prophe}, interhash = {d334427d8240bc52e5033905ec98969b}, intrahash = {39bf28d5648cb7e134a0d86809835bdc}, keywords = {LIBRARY SCIENCE}, school = {Columbia University}, shorttitle = {The administration and organization of private and public multicampus university libraries: {A} study of selected cases}, timestamp = {2018-06-19T15:18:45.000+0200}, title = {The administration and organization of private and public multicampus university libraries: {A} study of selected cases}, year = 1987 }