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Show off the corporate library

Hall, Hazel; Jones, Alyn M

Authors

Hazel Hall

Alyn M Jones



Abstract

Some published evidence has suggested that corporate libraries are slowly becoming irrelevant in meeting organisational information needs due to old-fashioned models of service delivery. Elsewhere in the literature the intranet is heralded as a technological tool for corporate information management.
This paper provides the results of a series of case studies completed in 1998. The purpose of the research was to investigate: (a) whether corporate libraries could be considered as heading towards demise; (b) the extent to which corporate librarians might use intranets to provide information services to their clients; (c) the level of library involvement in the planning, implementation and running of corporate intranets; (d) the perceived impact of intranet development on libraries' profiles within their parent organisations.
The data were collected from library staff in eight corporate headquarters of organisations based in California, USA by observation, interview and e-mail. The results suggest that the case study libraries are heavily integrated with the corporate intranet and that the library staff are actively involved in taking the best advantage of this technology to deliver information services to meet increasing customer demands.

Citation

Hall, H., & Jones, A. M. (2000). Show off the corporate library. International Journal of Information Management, 20(2), 121-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0268-4012%2899%2900060-2

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2000-04
Deposit Date Sep 7, 2010
Journal International Journal of Information Management
Print ISSN 0268-4012
Electronic ISSN 1873-4707
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 20
Issue 2
Pages 121-130
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/s0268-4012%2899%2900060-2
Keywords intranet; information services; corporate libraries;
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3163
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0268-4012(99)00060-2




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