Published In
Urban Library Journal
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Subjects
Urban strategic planning, Content analysis, Service learning
Abstract
As academic libraries support the curricular mission of the university, the strategic plans of academic libraries often reflect the priorities and initiatives of the larger institution. Urban universities often incorporate concepts of community engagement in their mission. The Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (http://www.usucoalition.org), a federation of 43 urban universities, has developed initiatives which seek to establish the university and city as partners. Using the publicly-accessible strategic plans of the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) affiliated libraries as a data set, the research will perform a content analysis, using Atlas.ti software, to look for evidence that the libraries are supporting the USU’s initiatives and goals. The research will explore examples of how urban academic libraries support their universities’ urban engagement initiatives.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/7359
Citation Details
Bielavitz, T. (2011). A Content Analysis of the Strategic Plans of the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities' Academic Libraries. Urban Library Journal, 17(1), 1-19.
Description
The article appears in Urban Library Journal