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Peer reviewedLynch, Clifford – Journal of Library Administration, 2001
Discusses digital books, or electronic books, and their relationship to libraries and communication between authors and readers. Topics include the scholarly market, for academic libraries, versus the consumer market; textbooks versus novels; digitization of older books; marketing; costs; and electronic books versus printed books. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Communication (Thought Transfer), Costs, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSchrift, Leonard – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Discusses acquisitions budgets, price increases, and their effect on academic library collections, based on the broader economic situation. Topics addressed include changes in the publishing industry; the increasing numbers of publications; the role of technology; ineffective responses of libraries; and the need for libraries to change their…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Economic Factors, Higher Education
The Role and Future of Special Collections in Research Libraries: British and American Perspectives.
Peer reviewedCullen, Charles T.; And Others – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Six papers from a seminar on special collections in research libraries address special collections and the scholarly community; the function of special collections in research and education; services and development issues; the evolving character of special collections; special collections in emerging information delivery programs; and the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Peer reviewedFaerman, Sue R. – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Discusses changes in academic libraries shifting from collection-based to access-based measures of effectiveness and considers the role of library administrators as change agents. A competing values framework of organizational and managerial leadership performance is presented, and a user-centered model of organization is discussed. (Contains 13…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Administrator Role, Change Agents
Peer reviewedMcGinnis, Suzan D. – Journal of Library Administration, 2000
Considers the challenges that licensing for electronic products are creating for academic libraries. Discusses ownership of versus access to information; packaging of electronic journals; cost-benefit analysis; multiple versions of the same information, e.g. print and electronic; consortial agreements; negotiating; legal issues; and the question…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Consortia, Cost Effectiveness
Peer reviewedLees, Francis C. – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Describes the library at Rockefeller University and considers how it may be a model for future research libraries, i.e., the distributed library relying on remote resources. Highlights include resource sharing and interlibrary loan; research and scholarly interactions focused outside the library; decentralization of research information; and a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Decentralization, Futures (of Society)
