Fostering Research and Publication in Academic Libraries

Catherine Sassen is Principal Catalog Librarian and Diane Wahl is User Experience Librarian at University of North Texas Libraries; e-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]. © 2014 Catherine Sassen and Diane Wahl, Attribution-NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/3.0/) CC BY-NC. This study concerns administrative support provided to encourage the research and publishing activities of academic librarians working in Association of Research Libraries member libraries. Deans and directors of these libraries were asked to respond to an online survey concerning the support measures that their libraries provide, as well as their thoughts on support measures that academic libraries should provide. When compared to earlier studies, the survey results indicate that most support measures have grown over time. Results also suggest increases in the requirements for publication in academic libraries, as well as in the number of libraries at which librarians have faculty status.