دور معايير الاعتماد الصادرة عن وزارة التعليم العالي و البحث العلمي الأردنية في تحقيق الجودة في مكتبات الجامعات الخاصة بالأردن

الملخص EN

This study investigates the implementation of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research accreditation standards by private universities in Jordan.

It discusses the libraries directors' points of views in these standards and their role in achieving quality in libraries.

The study population consisted of 19 private universities libraries, fifteen (or 78.9 %) responded.

Findings revealed that accreditation standards played an important role in achieving quality in Private universities in Jordan.

But this achieved quality is not comprehensive because applied accreditation standards don't include all quality requirements in private universities; the concentrate on achieving quality of buildings and properties more than the technical aspects, public services and users satisfaction.

Besides standards focus on achieving quantitative rather than qualitative quality; they concentrate on achieving quality paper information resources more than electronic resources; and they are not in harmony with the international requirements in private universities.

Findings also revealed that all libraries population of the study implement the accreditation standards to a degree that varies between complete, good and fair degree with respect to space furniture, properties, specialists in library science or information technology and developed information services.

But they implement the accreditation standards to a degree that varies between fair and poor degree with respect to technical procedures in according with recent international standards and regulations.

Despite the fact that all libraries are computerized, findings revealed that 40% of respondent libraries don't supply the sufficient number of PCs or modern terminals for the students and researchers to use as electronic catalogues.

Besides, 86.7 % of respondent libraries don't provide students with free print outs of electronic journal articles which those libraries subscribe in.