専門図書館における業務委託の現状

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原著論文Purpose: This study aims to clarify the current state of outsourcing in special libraries, particularly the library management under systems which have full-time outsourcing. We also discuss several problems associated with the implementation of outsourcing.Methods: The study consisted of a questionnaire which was distributed to 468 special libraries. We received in April 2005 402 valid responses.Results: Our investigations revealed three trends: (1) Outsourcing was introduced by 53.7% of the special libraries (16.2 of them with full-time outsourcing and 37.5% of them with temporary outsourcing). A higher proportion of outsourcing was introduced by large-scale libraries than by small-scale ones. (2) The operational content of outsourcing has shifted fromgeneral to specialized, and full-time outsourcing is particularly likely to entrust specialized content. (3) In the past, outsourcing was introduced to alleviate labor shortages, but it is now recognized as an e
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