Resumen: Se presentan los primeros resultrados de un estudio comparativo (benchmarking) iniciado por el Sistema de Bibliotecas de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (SIBUC) en conjunto con el Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial y de Sistemas de esta misma universidad. Su objetivo es el establecimiento de índices para bibliotecas universitarias, que les permitan a través del tiempo compararse e identificar su posición relativa respecto a otras instituciones pares o líderes en el ámbito nacional, latinoamericano e internacional. para ello, se contó con la colaboración en Chile de cuatro de sus principales universidades, en Latinoamérica de dos universidades de prestigio, y de estados Unidos se obtuvo a través de internet de diez universidades incluidas en ranking por la US News. El estudio arrojó un conjunto de 19 índices elaborados con datos consolidados de dichas instituciones, en lo que dice relación a tres áreas fundamentales: presupuesto, escala de recursos y eficiencia en la asignación y uso de los mismos. Basándose en estos índices comunes, cada institución está en condiciones de evaluar su propio posicionamiento estratégico, y tomar acciones para mejorar sus aspectos débiles y mantener sus fortalezas. Finalmente se indica cuál será el beneficio para el SIBUC respecto a la utilización de estos índices, como asimismo el que éstos puedan proporcionar a las bibliotecas universitarias en América Latina. Palabras clave: indicadores para bibliotecas universitarias, benchmarking de bibliotecas universitarias, bibliotecas universitarias de América Latina. Abstract:The paper presents the first results of a comparative study done by the Library System (SIBUC) and the Industrial and System Engineering Department of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. The objective of the study is the development of indicators for University Libraries to compare themselves and to identify their relative position in relation to other peer or leader institutions at the national, regional and international level.
ABSTRACT. The authors discuss the possible causes of serial price increases since 1978 from a Chilean perspective. The most important causes are inflation and the increase in the number of pages per serial. Roughly, the average annual increase in serial prices has been 11% in nominal terms, 5% in real terns, and 2% when one adjusts for the increase in the number of pages per serial. The growth of mail, production and paper costs and exchange rate variations do not seem to cause the 2% increase in the real price per page for serials.
To achieve the strategic objectives necessary for an organization to face the future with confidence, human resource planning has been implemented in the library system of the Pontificial Catholic University of Chile (SIBUC). Analyses the environment and its impact on SIBUC using an organizational model, which also permits strategic objectives to be established and personnel to be analysed in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Based on this approach, specifies human resource objectives, and assures optimal achievement with well-defined individual strategies that also include plans for action and control measures. Finally, and as a result of the whole methodology, creates a matrix to structure an organizational design of the direction of human resources in the library system.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
customersupport@researchsolutions.com
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.