Open all hours

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Open all hours?

• Are the opening hours of AIR University library
  adequate for its users needs?

Yildiz Engin-Bennet Tamsin French Yetta
Leibowitz Theresa Omer
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Introduction

• AIR University
• 10,000 students/500 Staff
• Situated in large metropolis (Pop. One Million)
• Self issuing already in place. (RFID)

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Aim

• Is it viable to extend the Libraries opening
  hours for its
• users?
• Current Opening hours
• Mon-Fri 9am-7pm, Term Time
• Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
• Sat-Sun 1-4pm term time only
• Student Demographics
• 70 Full time
• 30 Part time

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Literature Review

• 24 hour opening a new trend or necessity
  (Albenese, 2005)
• Students demand access the library any time
  (Delaney, 2002)
• Reduce pressure on space through longer opening
  hours (The Follett Report, 1993)
• The increase in working students (Murr, 2001)

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Research Objectives

• Identify the needs of all users
• Assess occupancy throughout the day and assess
  usage of remote access
• Investigate budget implications

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Research Outcomes

• Report providing research findings for the
  funding body
• Student/staff feedback
• Recommendations for Stakeholders

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Schedule
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Open All Hours?
Introduction
Research Objectives
Literature Review
Demographics
Albenese
Occupancy
Delaney
Follett Report
Murr
Remote Access
Provides framework for
User Needs
Research Outcomes
Methodology
Budget Implications
Surveys
Face-to-Face Interviews
Discussion Forums
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References

• Albanese, A. R. (2005) The best thing a library
  can be is open, Library Journal, Vol 130 (15) pp.
  42-44
• Delaney, M. (2002) Library access 24x7 the
  experience so far is it a myth or is it more of
  a reality than we think? SCONUL Newsletter
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  accessed 18 October 2008
• Engel, D. et al (2002) Opening a library 24
  hours. Journal of Library Administration, 36(4),
  95-108
• Hart, C. (1998) Doing a Literature Review
  Releasing the Social Science Imagination, London
  SAGE.
• Joint Funding Councils Libraries Review Group
  (1993) The Follett Report online. Available
  from http//www.cpa.ed.ac.uk/reports/follett
  accessed 11 October 2008.
• Kniffel, L. K. (2003) Carnegie Mellon Student
  Protest Gets Library Hours Restored. American
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• Murr, C. (2001) Student Satisfaction Surveys at
  Kingston University 1993 2001 A Comparison
  study. SCONUL Newsletter online 24, pp. 16-18.
  Available from http//www.sconul.ac.uk/pubs_stats
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• Simmonds, P. L. Andaleeb, S. S. (2001) Usage of
  Academic Libraries The Role of Service Quality,
  Resources, and User Characteristics. Library
  Trends, 49(4), 626-634
• The National Committee of Inquiry into Higher
  Education (1997) Higher Education in the Learning
  Society (The Dearing Report) online. Available
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• Willoughby, C. (2003) The self service library at
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