CSU Documentation Study: Objectives
From RG-Bibliowiki
The goal of this project is to describe the practices of documentation and knowledge management within libraries of the California State University (CSU) system; the results may help identify best practices within academic libraries. This project is projected as a first step in a wider survey of academic libraries in the United States. Specifically, the project aims to:
- Determine the variety of practices, tools and resources in order to ensure that the survey is comprehensive.
- Identify the degree of professional and paraprofessional use of the knowledge management tools and resources.
- Identify common tools in managing documentation
- Identify any standards that identify best practices, appropriate tools and resources for a typical academic library
- Identify any significant difference between documentation needs in academic libraries and in other organizations, particularly in the high-tech industry.
This study has the potential to positively impact the field of library and information science, in particular the area of internal documentation and knowledge management, through the identification of best practices and useful tools. As a pilot study, it also potential to serve as the basis of a much larger national survey of academic and other types of libraries. A survey of the literature so far has not revealed any substantial investigation of this particular aspect library operations.
