University Libraries Staff-User Relationship and the Conformity of the Current Situation To the Standard

Abstract

University libraries are one of the most important units in universities that aim to provide the best service to their users. Because it is their libraries that guide to the universities where science is produced therefore, human resources in the university libraries have the same equal importance. In order to provide better service in the university libraries, one of the indispensible element is to have certified librarians who are expert on their topics. In this research, the evaluation of the relationship between the number of staff that the foundation & the public libraries has and the number of users they have and the number of staff with the librarianship degree have been made. In addition, number of users and staff standard in the work called "University Libraries in Turkey towards 2023, Current Situation, Problems, Standards and Solution Proposals" and suitability of the data to the standards that the resarcher has currently have been examined. A total of 74 university libraries, including 55 state and 19 foundation university libraries, participated in the work. The total number of staff and the number of staff with the librarianship degree are given in the data obtained. All the data obtained has been evaluated separately for public and foundation university libraries. As a result of the study, While the number of librarians in total staff in the state university libraries is 40.9 %, this figure is 56.9 % in the foundation university libraries. When compared to the standard prepared by YOK (Council of Higher Education) and the data of 74 university libraries, it is seen that university libraries are inadequate in terms of staff. In particular, there are no librarians in some foundation university libraries. Attention should be paid to personnel management in the university libraries to address this issue. In addition, the relevant state institutions and related associations should be informed.