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Reorganization of the Knowledge Access Management (KAM) Division

Ken Bierman (Knowledge Access Management, UNLV Libraries, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, USA)
Brad Eden (Web and Digitization Services, UNLV Libraries, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, USA)

Library Hi Tech

ISSN: 0737-8831

Article publication date: 1 September 2005

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Abstract

Purpose

Aims to provide a summary and analysis of the organizational changes of the UNLV Libraries Knowledge Access Management Division since it was previously described in Library Hi Tech.

Design/methodology/approach

Describes and analyzes the significant and unanticipated changes in organization structure that occurred as the UNLV Libraries attempts to respond to the web and digital scholarly information world.

Findings

Several alternative organizational structures to respond to web and digital initiatives are described. The process used to select an organization structure that was not anticipated three years earlier is documented.

Originality/value

This article provides useful reading for academic library administrators contemplating organizational change to respond to the web and digital information world.

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Citation

Bierman, K. and Eden, B. (2005), "Reorganization of the Knowledge Access Management (KAM) Division", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 23 No. 3, pp. 343-361. https://doi.org/10.1108/07378830510621766

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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