scholarly journals Technological Change in the Workplace: A Statewide Survey of Community College Library and Learning Resources Personnel

2001 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 503-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn E. Poole ◽  
Emmett Denny
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Technological Change ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Job Descriptions ◽  
Learning Resource ◽  
Two Year Colleges ◽  
College Library ◽  
Florida Community College

It is a commonly held belief that technostress caused by change is affecting library personnel, although research on its impact in two-year colleges is practically nonexistent. This investigation examined how employees in Florida community college library and learning resource centers are dealing with technological change in their work environment. The results of the investigation indicated that staff are reacting positively. However, greater attention needs to be directed toward improving their inclusion in decision-making, revising job descriptions, and experimenting with alternative reward systems.

scholarly journals The Effects of High Median Age on Currency of Resources in Community College Library Collections

1999 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 316-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna H. Perrault ◽  
Richard Madaus ◽  
Ann Armbrister ◽  
Jeannie Dixon ◽  
Rhonda Smith
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Collection Management ◽  
Curricular Needs ◽  
College Library ◽  
Florida Community College ◽  
High Median ◽  
Comprehensive Study ◽  
Library Collections

In 1998, a comprehensive study was conducted of the monograph collections of the twenty-eight public community colleges in Florida. This article reports the findings of that study with respect to median age and currency of resources. The rationale for the interpretation of the findings in the Florida Community College Collection Assessment Project is congruent with the philosophy that college collections should emphasize the instructional and curricular needs of students and, therefore, that the collections should emphasize current resources rather than retrospective depth. The findings on median age from the Florida Community College study serve as an example for the discussion of the implications of median age on currency of resources in college library monographic collections, especially in the professional, scientific, and technical fields. The major recommendation is a Continual Update Collection Management Model for college collections.

An Assessment of the Collective Resources Base of Florida Community College Library Collections

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna H. Perrault ◽  
John N. Depew ◽  
J. Richard Madaus ◽  
Ann Armbrister ◽  
Jeannie Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
College Library ◽  
Florida Community College ◽  
Library Collections

scholarly journals The Florida Community College Statewide Collection Assessment Project: Outcomes and Impact

2002 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna H. Perrault ◽  
Tina M. Adams ◽  
Rhonda Smith ◽  
Jeannie Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Impact Study ◽  
Community College Libraries ◽  
Project Outcomes ◽  
Library Resource ◽  
Additional Funding ◽  
Project Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
College Library ◽  
Florida Community College

A collection assessment project was conducted in 1998 of the twenty-eight community college library/Library Resource Center (LRC) collections in Florida.1 The evaluative materials provided to each of the institutions produced a number of outcomes. To assess the project’s impact, a survey was conducted in fall 2000. The impact study found that, in the opinion of library administrators, the Florida Community College Collection Assessment study had influenced the appropriation of additional funds, informed librarians’ collection development decisions, and affected the weeding of collections through the presentation of institution-specific collection assessment reports that were provided for each library. The major finding of the impact study was that the additional funding for community college library acquisitions, passed by the Florida legislature in 1999, was not wholly successful in the revamping of outdated book collections because many of the Florida community college libraries received only part or none of the funding. The utilization of the project data, the findings of the impact study, and other follow-up to the project are reported in this article.

Illuminating the decision-making strategies of anesthesia providers in challenging cases

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 653-657
Author(s):  
Joshua Biro ◽  
David M. Neyens ◽  
Candace Jaruzel ◽  
Catherine D. Tobin ◽  
Myrtede Alfred ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Medication Errors ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Practice Recommendations ◽  
Medication Delivery ◽  
Anesthesia Providers ◽  
Healthcare Work ◽  
Realistic View

Medication errors and error-related scenarios in anesthesia remain an important area of research. Interventions and best practice recommendations in anesthesia are often based in the work-as-imagined healthcare system, remaining under-used due to a range of unforeseen complexities in healthcare work-as- done. In order to design adaptable anesthesia medication delivery systems, a better understanding of clinical cognition within the context of anesthesia work is needed. Fourteen interviews probing anesthesia providers’ decision making were performed. The results revealed three overarching themes: (1) anesthesia providers find cases challenging when they have incomplete information, (2) decision-making begins with information seeking, and (3) attributes such as expertise, experience, and work environment influence anesthesia providers’ information seeking and synthesis of tasks. These themes and the context within this data help create a more realistic view of work-as-done and generate insights into what potential medication error reducing interventions should look to avoid and what they could help facilitate.

scholarly journals Framing the difficulties resulting from implementing a Participatory Management Model in a public hospital

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 1142-1151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Bernardes ◽  
Greta Cummings ◽  
Yolanda Dora Martinez Évora ◽  
Carmen Silvia Gabriel
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Participatory Management ◽  
Bolman And Deal ◽  
Job Descriptions ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Decentralized Decision Making ◽  
Innovative Management

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to address difficulties reported by the nursing team during the process of changing the management model in a public hospital in Brazil. METHODS: This qualitative study used thematic content analysis as proposed by Bardin, and data were analyzed using the theoretical framework of Bolman and Deal. RESULTS: The vertical implementation of Participatory Management contradicted its underlying philosophy and thereby negatively influenced employee acceptance of the change. The decentralized structure of the Participatory Management Model was implemented but shared decision-making was only partially utilized. Despite facilitation of the communication process within the unit, more significant difficulties arose from lack of communication inter-unit. Values and principals need to be shared by teams, however, that will happens only if managers restructure accountabilities changing job descriptions of all team members. CONCLUSION: Innovative management models that depart from the premise of decentralized decision-making and increased communication encourage accountability, increased motivation and satisfaction, and contribute to improving the quality of care. The contribution of the study is that it describes the complexity of implementing an innovative management model, examines dissent and intentionally acknowledges the difficulties faced by employees in the organization.

scholarly journals Library Strategy and Collaboration Across the College Ecosystem: Results from a National Survey of Community College Library Directors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Blankstein ◽  
Christine Wolff-Eisenberg
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Student Support ◽  
Library Directors ◽  
Ecosystem Research ◽  
Community And Technical Colleges ◽  
Research Initiative ◽  
Service Departments ◽  
The Impact ◽  
College Library

How can the library be best positioned to continue enabling student and institutional success? The Community College Academic and Student Support Ecosystem research initiative seeks to examine how student-facing service departments—including academic libraries—are organized, funded, and staffed at community and technical colleges across the country. In February 2021, we surveyed 321 community college library directors to provide the community with a snapshot of current service provision, leadership perspectives on the impact of COVID-19, and challenges faced in making decisions and navigating change.

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