A content analysis of the back of the book indexes of hymnals of the Baptist, Episcopal and Methodist denominations in the United States

This paper documents the content analysis of back of the book indexes of selected Methodist, Episcopal and Baptist denominational hymnals published between 1801 and 1996 and designated for use by these American congregations. The study was conducted to ascertain if any denominational and chronological trends in the indexing of these hymnals exist; if so, to determine what they are, the significance of these differences, to speculate on the reasons these differences exist and to explore the ramifications of these differences to the fields of hymnology and information science. An important historical discovery was that metrical and alphabetical tune indexes appeared at the same time that scores began to be included in hymnals (1855). Additionally, although the three denominations share more than half the contents of their individual hymnbooks, each group favors a particular set of indexes

The Job Itself: The Effects of Functional Units on Work Autonomy among Public and Academic Librarians

Job autonomy is a topic that should be of concern to both library managers and employees because job autonomy may predict job satisfaction and retention. This article describes job autonomy among public and academic librarians using data reported by respondents to the Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science (WILIS 1) Research Project1 survey. The authors extracted a subset of the LIS professionals, public and academic librarians, focusing on the autonomy measures and the variables related to the broad areas of responsibility: administration; access and collections; information services, education and research; digital information technology and Web access; and information technology and consulting. Findings indicate that there are significant differences in perceived autonomy based on areas of responsibility. Administrators and information technology librarians reported higher autonomy, regardless of type of library. Also, public librarians have less freedom in scheduling their time than academic librarians. As today's professionals seek more autonomy and flexibility, managers struggle with the pressure of increased attention to accountability within their organizations. Library administrators will need to find a balancing point in order to maintain organizational effectiveness.published or submitted for publicatio