Επιπτώσεις εφαρμογής ISO 9001:2000 στις ελληνικές ακαδημαϊκές βιβλιοθήκες

This work investigates and empirically assesses the current status of quality management systems implementation in the Greek academic libraries. More specifically, the main aim of this paper is the assessment of pitfalls and benefits of ISO 9001:2000 standard development, implementation and certification in the Greek academic libraries and information services. For that purpose, a. inferences and recommendations based on a national and international literature review for ISO 9001:2000 in academic libraries is provided, and b. an empirical research in regard to the effects of quality management system implementation in the Greek academic libraries is conducted. The empirical study was based on similar attempts for the Greek service sector. A questionnaire has been developed and distributed through electronic mail to the directors of the academic libraries within the spring of 2007. The open and closed questions that are included in the questionnaire express a. the reasons that may lead to a decision for ISO 9001:2000 standard implementation and, b. the expectations of academic libraries top management in regard to the effect of ISO 9001:2000 implementation in library operations and/or information service quality