| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1098904 | Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services | 2011 | 14 Pages |
A review of library literature shows a general trend of technical services in academic libraries to reorganize into teams. This paper analyzes the results of a survey conducted in 2010 in order to answer four research questions: how extensively technical services in academic libraries have moved into the use of teams in organizational structures; how extensively technical services in academic libraries have done training related to teams; what team characteristics are demonstrated by teams in technical services in academic libraries; and how the effectiveness of teams is perceived by staff and faculty who work in technical services in academic libraries.
Research highlights► More and more technical services in academic libraries have moved into the use of teams in the past ten years. ► Teams had been used for a variety of purposes in technical services in academic libraries. ► Training and documentation related to teams had not been done as extensively as should be. ► The use of teams in technical services in academic libraries varied widely. ► About 74.3% of the respondents considered the impact of teams on their technical services at least slightly positive.
