Document Info:
This PhD Dissertation is presented in marginally searchable PDF format and is downloadable as 3 PDF files:

Part1 - 3.2MB (73 pages),
Part2 - 2.9MB (68 pages), and
Part3 - 3.0MB (68 pages) in size respectively .

Dissertation: 1984, PhD, University of Southern California, California, United States

Summary:
"This study is concerned with determining the levels of work performed in academic library technical services deparments in order to differentiate between professional and non-professional work utilizing Time-Stratified Systems Theory.

It is the first study of its kind to examine work in libraries, and the first time-span study to examine an occupational field on a cross-institutional basis. It is necessarily then a methodological study, but the results should provide a strong indication of the levels of work being performed in academic library technical services deparments.

Its goals are to provide a beginning toward a greater understanding of the actual nature and levels of library work, and to serve as a guide for future studies utilizing Time-Stratified Systems Theory."

Part 1 - Gouldd Phd 1984-1 (3.09 MB)

Part 2 - Gouldd Phd 1984-2 (2.82 MB)

Part 3 - Gouldd Phd 1984-3 (2.95 MB)