dc.contributor.author	Bernstein, Alan	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2010-02-24T15:49:01Z	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2011-03-02T17:29:00Z
dc.date.available	2010-02-24T15:49:01Z	en_US
dc.date.available	2011-03-02T17:29:00Z
dc.date.issued	2009-12	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10428/438	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This mixed-methods study examined correlations between academic librarian organizational classification and sense of place (defined as job satisfaction and personal motivation) and sense of involvement with the educative mission of the institution. Further, this study examined whether there were any significant correlations between academic librarian career path and their sense of place and sense of involvement with the educative mission. An abundance of literature on academic librarians" organizational classification maintains librarians ought to be classified as faculty with commensurate rights and privileges. An often tacit implication of this position is academic librarians classified as faculty are (or would be) happier and have a greater sense of involvement with their school's educative mission. The study surveyed 372 academic librarians at colleges and universities in the University System of Georgia. Analysis of surveys found there were no statistically significant correlations between organizational classification and sense of place or between organizational classification and sense of involvement with the institution's educative mission. Analysis of surveys further found that there were no statistically significant correlations between career path and sense of involvement with the institutional educative mission and there was a slight positive correlation between career path and sense of place. It was concluded though there is strong support and justification for academic librarians being classified as faculty, an academic librarian's sense of place or sense of involvement with the institutional educative mission is not dependent on such classification.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Academic Librarian Organizational Classification	en_US
dc.subject	Sense of Place	en_US
dc.subject	Sense of Involvement	en_US
dc.subject.lcc	Librarians	en_US
dc.subject.lcc	libraries	en_US
dc.title	The Nether World of Academic Librarians: Issues of Classification, Educative Mission, and Sense of Place	en_US
dc.type	Dissertation	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Department of Curriculum, Leadership, and Technology	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Zahner, Jane	en_US
dc.description.committee	Gibson, Nicole	en_US
dc.description.committee	Dees, Dianne	en_US
dc.description.degree	Doctor of Education	en_US
dc.description.major	Education	en_US