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Library councils and governance in Canadian university libraries: a critical review

dc.contributor.authorRevitt, Eva
dc.contributor.authorLuyk, Sean
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-31
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-28T00:37:40Z
dc.date.available2022-05-28T00:37:40Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractDespite the nearly 40-year history of library councils in Canadian academic libraries, scholarly literature regarding library governance and decision-making processes within the context of Canadian university libraries is almost non-existent. Nevertheless, there is evidence of a general disenfranchisement of librarians from significant decisions affecting library operations, resources, services, and the appointment and evaluation of senior administrative positions. Furthermore, it is evident that library councils in Canadian academic libraries, where they do exist, function primarily as information-sharing forums rather than as the collegial decision-making bodies they were originally intended to be. Through a close examination of the CAUT Bulletin, this paper traces the development of library councils in Canadian academic libraries. Within the framework of institutional theory and drawing from librarianship, management, and educational administration literature, the paper proceeds to critically discuss systematic barriers to collegial governance in academic libraries. Historical and anecdotal evidence suggests that administrative resistance is a continued and key obstacle to the democratization of decision-making processes in Canadian academic libraries.
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dc.identifier.citationRevitt, E. & Luyk, S. (2016). Library councils and governance in Canadian university libraries: A critical review. Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1(1), 60-79. Retrieved from http://www.cjal.ca/index.php/capal/index
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/920
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectacademic libraries
dc.subjectlibrary councils
dc.subjectgovernance
dc.subjectinstitutional theory
dc.titleLibrary councils and governance in Canadian university libraries: a critical reviewen
dc.typeArticle
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