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Hindrances to intra-librarian faculty communication in academic libraries US CAN 2015

Reasons preventing faculty members and librarians from consulting with each other in academic libraries United Sates and Canada in 2015

The data displays the reasons that prevented faculty members and academic librarians from communicating effectively in the United Sates and Canada in 2015. Of academic librarians surveyed, 20% said they believed the barrier to communication was faculty's lack of awareness of how the library could support them.

Too busy/not having time/high workload	63
Faculty's lack of awareness of how library could support them	20
Distance/not interacting in person	8
Faculty not having interest/need	8
Conflicting schedules	7
Campus culture/ no formalized procedure	5
Libraries being understaffed	4
Faculty ego/feel they are better instructors	4
Faculty not trusting/respecting librarians	4
Working with adjunct facult is challenging (always changing/no formal office)	3
Misperceptions about what the other does	3

Hindrances to intra-librarian faculty communication in academic libraries US CAN 2015

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