A Descriptive Study of IT Spending at Library and Information Science Programs

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  • March 1, 2019
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  • Denby, Melissa
    • Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
Abstract
  • This study examines and compares how decentralized IT departments serving Library and Information Science (ILS) programs operate. An online survey was sent to 47 American Library Association (ALA) accredited ILS IT departments in the United States. Survey questions focused on demographics, budget, and current and future operations of the IT departments, along with perceptions of the respondents. Two programs emerged within the survey, those with an internal IT department within the ILS school and those with a hybrid mix of an internal IT department and support from central IT. The hybrid IT respondents were more macro focused and served several colleges within the university. The internal IT respondents served larger populations, had more employees and student workers, and higher budgets in comparison to the hybrid IT respondents. Both groups had similar revenue sources and spending trends. Priorities and day-to-day operations differed among all respondents as each department had unique IT solutions.
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  • Brubaker, Aaron
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  • Master of Science in Information Science
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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