Overview

At the end of the 20th century, college and university libraries face enormous challenges and opportunities. As campuses move into the information age, the mission and role of the library is being redefined. While the amount of information libraries need to acquire continues to increase, the resources available to do so are insufficient. Moreover, administrators need to assess the relationship between the library and the computer center, as both fight for limited resources. This book offers academic administrators and librarians a better understanding of the issues facing the library during this time of change and the role of the library in the evolving campus of the future. Chapters are written by expert contributors, who reflect a range of perspectives and experience. The authors treat such current and emerging issues as the future of printed material in the library, the role of the library in instruction, the library and the larger campus community, the training and development of personnel for the future, library expenditures at a time when technology quickly becomes obsolete, and the future of academic libraries.

Full Product Details

Author:   Gerard B. McCabe ,  Ruth J. Person
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Edition:   Annotated edition
Volume:   No. 84.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780313285974

ISBN 10:   0313285977
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   18 April 1995
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"The Academic Library: Its Place and Role in the Institution by Joanne R. Euster What Community Colleges Need from Their Libraries by David R. Dowell and Jack A. Scott Benign Neglect of the ""Heart of the College"": Liberal Arts College Deans Look at the Library by Lloyd W. Chapin and Larry Hardesty The Library and the Provost by Peter E. Wagner Professional Education for Academic Librarians by Anne Woods Worth and Mary Westerman Training and Development for Library Staff by Tom Wilding Selection, Career Paths, and Managerial Development in Academic Library Administration: Forecasting the Needs of the Twenty-first Century by G. Charles Newman Funding Academic Libraries by Carla J. Stoffle and Kathleen Weibel Academic Collections in a Changing Environment by Ronald F. Dow, Salvatore Meringolo, and Gloriana St. Clair Designing Effective Library Organizations by Charles T. Townley Forecasting, Forestalling, Fashioning: The Future of Academic Libraries and Librarians by Jordan M. Scepanski A Dialogue Concerning Two New Sciences: A Shamelss Knock-off with Apologies to Galileo by Paul M. Gherman and Robert C. Heterick, Jr. Bibliography The Academic Library in Higher Education: A Selective Annotated Bibliography by Rashelle S. Karp, Rita Rivera, and Sherry Engle"

Reviews

.,.""you can be assured that not only are the usual suspects (professional education, funding, the future, collections) to be found herein, but also some faint surprises. Especially commendable are the papers by Joanne Euster, Anne Woodsworth and Mary Westerman, and Jordan Scepanski, but the editors are to be congratulated on a compilation of consistent quality and general levelheadedness.""-Library Journal ?...you can be assured that not only are the usual suspects (professional education, funding, the future, collections) to be found herein, but also some faint surprises. Especially commendable are the papers by Joanne Euster, Anne Woodsworth and Mary Westerman, and Jordan Scepanski, but the editors are to be congratulated on a compilation of consistent quality and general levelheadedness.?-Library Journal ?The authors address the issues assigned to them with assurance and conviction as they review where we have been and where we are going: the special needs of the community college the basic as well as continuing education needs of the staff, organizational and personnel issues, and the position of the academic library in the educational enterprise. Much, if not most, of it will be new to administrators in higher education who, as Chapin and Hardesty point out, usually concern themselves with libraries primarily as a budget issue.?-College & Research Libraries ...""you can be assured that not only are the usual suspects (professional education, funding, the future, collections) to be found herein, but also some faint surprises. Especially commendable are the papers by Joanne Euster, Anne Woodsworth and Mary Westerman, and Jordan Scepanski, but the editors are to be congratulated on a compilation of consistent quality and general levelheadedness.""-Library Journal ""The authors address the issues assigned to them with assurance and conviction as they review where we have been and where we are going: the special needs of the community college the basic as well as continuing education needs of the staff, organizational and personnel issues, and the position of the academic library in the educational enterprise. Much, if not most, of it will be new to administrators in higher education who, as Chapin and Hardesty point out, usually concern themselves with libraries primarily as a budget issue.""-College & Research Libraries

.,. you can be assured that not only are the usual suspects (professional education, funding, the future, collections) to be found herein, but also some faint surprises. Especially commendable are the papers by Joanne Euster, Anne Woodsworth and Mary Westerman, and Jordan Scepanski, but the editors are to be congratulated on a compilation of consistent quality and general levelheadedness. -Library Journal ?...you can be assured that not only are the usual suspects (professional education, funding, the future, collections) to be found herein, but also some faint surprises. Especially commendable are the papers by Joanne Euster, Anne Woodsworth and Mary Westerman, and Jordan Scepanski, but the editors are to be congratulated on a compilation of consistent quality and general levelheadedness.?-Library Journal ?The authors address the issues assigned to them with assurance and conviction as they review where we have been and where we are going: the special needs of the community college the basic as well as continuing education needs of the staff, organizational and personnel issues, and the position of the academic library in the educational enterprise. Much, if not most, of it will be new to administrators in higher education who, as Chapin and Hardesty point out, usually concern themselves with libraries primarily as a budget issue.?-College & Research Libraries ... you can be assured that not only are the usual suspects (professional education, funding, the future, collections) to be found herein, but also some faint surprises. Especially commendable are the papers by Joanne Euster, Anne Woodsworth and Mary Westerman, and Jordan Scepanski, but the editors are to be congratulated on a compilation of consistent quality and general levelheadedness. -Library Journal The authors address the issues assigned to them with assurance and conviction as they review where we have been and where we are going: the special needs of the community college the basic as well as continuing education needs of the staff, organizational and personnel issues, and the position of the academic library in the educational enterprise. Much, if not most, of it will be new to administrators in higher education who, as Chapin and Hardesty point out, usually concern themselves with libraries primarily as a budget issue. -College & Research Libraries

The authors address the issues assigned to them with assurance and conviction as they review where we have been and where we are going: the special needs of the community college the basic as well as continuing education needs of the staff, organizational and personnel issues, and the position of the academic library in the educational enterprise. Much, if not most, of it will be new to administrators in higher education who, as Chapin and Hardesty point out, usually concern themselves with libraries primarily as a budget issue. -College & Research Libraries ... you can be assured that not only are the usual suspects (professional education, funding, the future, collections) to be found herein, but also some faint surprises. Especially commendable are the papers by Joanne Euster, Anne Woodsworth and Mary Westerman, and Jordan Scepanski, but the editors are to be congratulated on a compilation of consistent quality and general levelheadedness. -Library Journal ?...you can be assured that not only are the usual suspects (professional education, funding, the future, collections) to be found herein, but also some faint surprises. Especially commendable are the papers by Joanne Euster, Anne Woodsworth and Mary Westerman, and Jordan Scepanski, but the editors are to be congratulated on a compilation of consistent quality and general levelheadedness.?-Library Journal ?The authors address the issues assigned to them with assurance and conviction as they review where we have been and where we are going: the special needs of the community college the basic as well as continuing education needs of the staff, organizational and personnel issues, and the position of the academic library in the educational enterprise. Much, if not most, of it will be new to administrators in higher education who, as Chapin and Hardesty point out, usually concern themselves with libraries primarily as a budget issue.?-College & Research Libraries .,. you can be assured that not only are the usual suspects (professional education, funding, the future, collections) to be found herein, but also some faint surprises. Especially commendable are the papers by Joanne Euster, Anne Woodsworth and Mary Westerman, and Jordan Scepanski, but the editors are to be congratulated on a compilation of consistent quality and general levelheadedness. -Library Journal

The authors address the issues assigned to them with assurance and conviction as they review where we have been and where we are going: the special needs of the community college the basic as well as continuing education needs of the staff, organizational and personnel issues, and the position of the academic library in the educational enterprise. Much, if not most, of it will be new to administrators in higher education who, as Chapin and Hardesty point out, usually concern themselves with libraries primarily as a budget issue. -College & Research Libraries ... you can be assured that not only are the usual suspects (professional education, funding, the future, collections) to be found herein, but also some faint surprises. Especially commendable are the papers by Joanne Euster, Anne Woodsworth and Mary Westerman, and Jordan Scepanski, but the editors are to be congratulated on a compilation of consistent quality and general levelheadedness. -Library Journal ?The authors address the issues assigned to them with assurance and conviction as they review where we have been and where we are going: the special needs of the community college the basic as well as continuing education needs of the staff, organizational and personnel issues, and the position of the academic library in the educational enterprise. Much, if not most, of it will be new to administrators in higher education who, as Chapin and Hardesty point out, usually concern themselves with libraries primarily as a budget issue.?-College & Research Libraries ?...you can be assured that not only are the usual suspects (professional education, funding, the future, collections) to be found herein, but also some faint surprises. Especially commendable are the papers by Joanne Euster, Anne Woodsworth and Mary Westerman, and Jordan Scepanski, but the editors are to be congratulated on a compilation of consistent quality and general levelheadedness.?-Library Journal .,. you can be assured that not only are the usual suspects (professional education, funding, the future, collections) to be found herein, but also some faint surprises. Especially commendable are the papers by Joanne Euster, Anne Woodsworth and Mary Westerman, and Jordan Scepanski, but the editors are to be congratulated on a compilation of consistent quality and general levelheadedness. -Library Journal

.,. you can be assured that not only are the usual suspects (professional education, funding, the future, collections) to be found herein, but also some faint surprises. Especially commendable are the papers by Joanne Euster, Anne Woodsworth and Mary Westerman, and Jordan Scepanski, but the editors are to be congratulated on a compilation of consistent quality and general levelheadedness. -Library Journal

Author Information

GERARD B. McCABE is Director of Libraries at Clarion University of Pennsylvania and the Series Adviser for the Greenwood Library Management Collection. His books include Insider's Guide to Library Automation (1993), Academic Libraries in Urban and Metropolitan Areas (1992), Operations Handbook for the Small Academic Library (1989), and The Smaller Academic Library (1988), all published by Greenwood Press. RUTH J. PERSON is Vice President for Academic Affairs at Ashland University. She is the author of several professional papers on library management.

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