TY - JOUR
T1 - Collaboration between academics and library staff: A structurationist perspective
AU - Pham, Thi Hue
AU - Tanner, Kerry Jeanne
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Developing effective forms of collaboration has become essential for universities dealing with the challenges of complex, dynamic environments. Although the importance of collaboration between academics and library staff is widely accepted, collaboration is a complex concept, representing a high level of human relationship, and there are many potential barriers to developing an effective collaborative partnership. This article reports on a research project exploring this topic through in-depth case study research in an Australian university, drawing on the theoretical lens of structuration theory. The research aims to elucidate the factors that affect collaboration between academics and library staff, including the power asymmetries that exist between different professional groups in a collaborative relationship, and the impacts of temporal and spatial dimensions, individual participants, and structural enablers and constraints on the collaborative partnership.
AB - Developing effective forms of collaboration has become essential for universities dealing with the challenges of complex, dynamic environments. Although the importance of collaboration between academics and library staff is widely accepted, collaboration is a complex concept, representing a high level of human relationship, and there are many potential barriers to developing an effective collaborative partnership. This article reports on a research project exploring this topic through in-depth case study research in an Australian university, drawing on the theoretical lens of structuration theory. The research aims to elucidate the factors that affect collaboration between academics and library staff, including the power asymmetries that exist between different professional groups in a collaborative relationship, and the impacts of temporal and spatial dimensions, individual participants, and structural enablers and constraints on the collaborative partnership.
UR - http://goo.gl/TQonm3
U2 - 10.1080/00048623.2014.989661
DO - 10.1080/00048623.2014.989661
M3 - Article
SN - 0004-8623
VL - 46
SP - 2
EP - 18
JO - Australian Academic & Research Libraries
JF - Australian Academic & Research Libraries
IS - 1
ER -