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Peer reviewedByrd, Gary D. – College and Research Libraries, 1990
Argues that recent dramatic increases in the numbers and prices of scholarly journals are evidence of a distorted economic marketplace for scholarly information. The discussion covers the strategies needed to reshape the current system of scholarly communication and the need for leadership within the research library community. (34 references)…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Economic Climate, Leadership, Library Expenditures
Peer reviewedSmith, Eldred; Johnson, Peggy – College and Research Libraries, 1993
Urges the research library community, in which ownership is traded for access and competition for cooperation, to take concerted action to survive declining resources and the impact of electronic information technology. Concrete steps that can be taken toward contributing to a new world of scholarly communication are suggested. (Contains 12…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Change Strategies, Economic Factors
