Features of the state university libraries as an innovation organization
Keywords:
Innovation organization, Library innovation, State university libraryAbstract
This study aimed at examining characteristics of public university libraries regarded as innovation organization, determining factors affecting the development, and exploring current condition of public university libraries. The tools employed for this study were semi-structured interview form and questionnaire. The key informant included 20 members comprising library administrators, librarians, library users and experts. The sample of exploring current conditions of the public university libraries consisted of 271 library staff. The collected qualitative data were analyzed by content analysis, and the quantitative ones were analyzed by percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The results of the research revealed that: The characteristics of public university libraries regarded as innovation organization included 7 items: 1) visionary organization and innovative leader, 2) learning organization, 3) user-centered organization, 4) organization with mindset shifting, 5) organizations with changing roles and work processes; 6) organizations with an open culture; and 7) organizations with cooperative networks. There were 5 factors affecting the development included 5 items: 1) organization, 2) library administrator, 3) resources and budget, 4) information technology, and 5) library user, and the current conditions of public university libraries as innovation organization disclosed that most of them had the characteristics of innovation organization at a high level. The highest level was the user-centered organization, followed by organizations with changing roles and work processes and learning organization. In the factors affecting the development of public university libraries into the innovation organization, it was found that they had the factors affecting the development of public university libraries into the innovation organization at a high level. The highest level was library user, followed by information technology and library administrator.
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