Developing a Competitive Resource-Based View Strategy for Academic Libraries

IF 0.3 4区管理学 Q4 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Library Trends Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.1353/lib.2022.0006

Michael Clark

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Abstract:Technological innovation and the information age have significantly impacted academic libraries' roles in higher education. Patrons' diverse needs require that academic libraries provide dynamic services and resources. Within resource constraints, academic libraries face the challenge of identifying and investing appropriately in specific resources that will effectively and efficiently meet patrons' complex needs. Libraries have traditionally measured efficiency by developing single factor productivity indexes. However, these qualitative methods do not adequately address the efficiency aspect, which measures the transformation of resources (inputs) into services (outputs). Data envelopment analysis (DEA) measures the relative efficiencies of a decision-making unit with multiple inputs and outputs. The DEA methodology has been applied to libraries over the past twenty years. This paper proposes how to develop a competitive resource-based view strategy and data envelopment analysis evaluation model that faculty can employ to strengthen their libraries. The model is demonstrated by analyzing the efficiency of the Portland State University Branford Price Millar Library compared to its peer institution libraries and recommending resource-based strategies that will yield the greatest sustained competitive advantage.

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构建高校图书馆竞争性资源型观战略

摘要:技术创新和信息时代对高校图书馆在高等教育中的作用产生了重大影响。读者的多样化需求要求高校图书馆提供动态的服务和资源。在资源有限的情况下，学术图书馆面临着识别和适当投资特定资源的挑战，这些资源将有效和高效地满足用户的复杂需求。传统上，图书馆通过开发单因素生产力指数来衡量效率。然而，这些定性方法没有充分解决效率方面的问题，即衡量资源(投入)转化为服务(产出)的问题。数据包络分析(DEA)衡量具有多个输入和输出的决策单元的相对效率。在过去的二十年里，DEA方法已经应用于图书馆。本文提出了如何开发具有竞争力的资源观策略和数据包络分析评价模型，以供教师用于加强图书馆建设。通过分析波特兰州立大学布兰福德·普莱斯·米勒图书馆与其同行机构图书馆的效率，并推荐将产生最大持续竞争优势的基于资源的策略，证明了该模型。

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Library Trends INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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1.20

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12.50%

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