Academic Library Mission Statements, Web Sites, and Communicating Purpose

Salisbury, Preston; Griffis, Matthew R

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2014.07.012

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“…Ayers, 2015; Bragg, 2001; Fitzgerald, 2003; McCartan, 1983) or Catholic institutions (Weigert et al , 2018). Other researchers focus on specific academic divisions of colleges and universities, such as colleges of business (Davis et al , 2007; Palmer and Short, 2008), law schools (Butler, 2000), schools of social work (Holosko et al , 2015) or academic libraries (Colón-Aguirre, 2017; Salisbury and Griffis, 2014).…”

Section: Extant Literature On Mission Statementsmentioning

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Commonplace and common language: Kentucky's district mission statements

Ingle

Greenwell

Woods

2020

JEA

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PurposeWe sought to identify codes and themes in the mission statements of Kentucky's school districts and examine the relationship between district characteristics and the mission statements.Design/methodology/approachWe undertook a mixed methods design, specifically, a sequential transformative strategy with a theoretical lens overlaying the sequential procedures and guiding the analysis.FindingsAnalysis revealed a range of 1–7 codes per mission statement and a mean of 3.05. Generic student success and individual attention represented the most frequently occurring codes in the mission statements. Chi-square tests of bivariate association yielded no significant differences between districts by locale. Logistic regression analysis revealed that the percentage of students in the district scoring proficient or distinguished in both reading and mathematics was associated significantly (p < 0.05) with the theme of student support.Research limitationsAlthough we cannot establish causation between mission statements content and student outcomes or vice-versa, district mission statement remain a visible and public expression of why an organization exists that should guide actions and decision-making, whether instructional, financial or otherwise.Practical implicationsOur study revealed shared institutional language within mission statements across Kentucky's school district, largely without regard to local context. Our analysis suggests that federal and state policy makers are influencing mission statements more so than those at the local level.Originality/valueOur analysis provides further evidence that suggests that federal and state policy makers are influencing mission statements more so than those at the local level.

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Section: Extant Literature On Mission Statementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Commonplace and common language: Kentucky's district mission statements

Ingle

Greenwell

Woods

2020

JEA

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“…Accordingly, library websites have been evaluated to see how they are being used to communicate messages to stakeholders. Salisbury & Griffis (2014) reviewed the presence and accessibility of library mission statements on the websites of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries and found that 84% had their mission statement accessible. Library websites have also been evaluated to detect trends and adoption of Web 2.0 technologies; Rod-Welch (2012) noted that members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) were less likely to have reference and social networking tools on their homepage than other pages of their websites while Boateng & Liu (2014) assessed library websites of the top 100 colleges from US News & World Report 2013 rankings and found that all the libraries had a social networking presence (Facebook and Twitter), with wikis, podcasts and social bookmarking/tagging as the least applied Web 2.0 tools.…”

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Supporting Scholars: An Analysis of Academic Library Websites' Documentation on Metrics and Impact

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Moulaison

2015

The Journal of Academic Librarianship

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“…Salisbury and Griffis examined the presence and placement of mission statements on 113 ARL websites. 9 Operating under the principle that considers website content as hierarchical (e.g., the most important information is most visible), the authors documented the number of steps necessary to reach the library's mission statement. Eighty-four percent (n=95) of library websites contained a mission statement and 3.5% (n=4) of libraries contained a direct link from the homepage.…”

Section: Academic Library Mission Statementsmentioning

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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statements on Academic Library Websites

Ely

2021

ITAL

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Post-secondary education in the 21st century United States is rapidly diversifying, and institutions’ online offerings and presence are increasingly significant. Academic libraries have an established history of offering virtual services and providing online resources for students, faculty, staff, and the general public. In addition to these services and resources, information on academic library websites can contribute to an institution’s demonstration of value placed on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). This article analyzes the DEI statements of a library consortium’s member websites to explore how these statements contribute to institutional construction of, and commitment to, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Descriptive analysis revealed 12 of 16 member libraries had explicitly labeled DEI statements in November 2020, with an additional member updating their website to include such a statement in early 2021. Content analysis examined how the existing statements contributed to institutional value of and commitment to DEI, and multi-modal theory explored the communicative aspects of DEI statement content. Analysis revealed vague conceptualizations of diversity and library-centered language in DEI statements, while a subset of statements employed anti-racist and social justice language to position the library as an active agent for social change. Implications and avenues for future research are discussed.

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Academic Library Mission Statements, Web Sites, and Communicating Purpose

Cited by 16 publications

References 16 publications

Commonplace and common language: Kentucky's district mission statements

Commonplace and common language: Kentucky's district mission statements

Supporting Scholars: An Analysis of Academic Library Websites' Documentation on Metrics and Impact

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statements on Academic Library Websites

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