Research notes teaching faculty perceptions of academic librarians at Memphis State University

Abstract

In recent years academic librarians have shown increasing concern over how their teaching faculty colleagues perceive their role in the university community. Four surveys conducted on university and college campuses since the 1980s have identified attitudes held by teaching faculty. A survey conducted at Memphis State University (MSU) in the spring and fall of 1990 repeated earlier survey questions and added original questions evaluating the MSU Libraries' adequacy, librarians' service, and the library collection. The Memphis State survey supplements previous findings highlighting similarities and differences in teaching faculty's perceptions and suggesting strategies to promote better understanding of academic librarians' roles.