From: "Sophie Young" <Sophie.Young_at_vuw.ac.nz>
**APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING**
The Impact of Digital Information Resources on the Roles of Collection
Managers
School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington,
New Zealand
Follow this link to view the findings of the survey:
http://alexandria.fca.vuw.ac.nz/research/cmsurvey/
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*Project Description*
This research examines the impact of digital information resources on
the role of research library collection managers in 5 English-speaking
countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the
United States. Data was gathered in 4 focus group sessions in late
2001 and early 2002, and in an online web survey conducted in
February/March 2003.
*Survey Findings*
The study found that while the actual responsibilities of respondents
varied, the levels of responsibility and time spent on activities
related to digital resources have generally increased compared to five
years ago and those for non-digital resources either have increased
marginally, stayed the same or gone down. Strong increases in
consortia related work featured prominently in the survey
*Publication Information*
This report was submitted in March 2003 to Library, Collections,
Acquisitions and Technical Services for consideration for publication.
The research project received support in the form of the LCATS
Research Award for 2001 and a grant from the Faculty of Commerce and
Administration at Victoria University of Wellington.
*Principal Researcher*
Dr D G Dorner
Senior Lecturer
School of Information Management
Victoria University of Wellington
P.O. Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand
Email: dan.dorner_at_vuw.ac.nz
*The research team would once again like to thank those of you who
have responded to the web survey or contributed to focus groups*
Received on Thu Apr 29 2004 - 08:16:23 EDT