This paper presents the findings of a research study which investigated the digital preservation practices among two faculty user groups, archeologists and art historians. This faculty's knowledge of digital preservation practices and their perceptions and emotions concerning the digital images they had created and, or collected to support their…

Length of time books are kept and how long it takes to return a book upon receipt of a recall notice are analyzed according to student and faculty population--faculty shown to be slower returning books. The author argues for more equitable treatment of all patrons and a policy change. (CWM)

Argues that book selection is more properly and adequately done by faculty members than librarians. A model for faculty selection of library materials that formally incorporates accountability for selectors is proposed.

Describes informative measures used by a library advisory committee to advise university administrators of the adverse impact of budgetary constraints on the operation of the academic library. (RAA)

Describes a book availability study using the ACCESS retrieval and delivery system for the evaluation of library services. (CWM)

A survey of faculty information gathering at the State University of New York, College at Fredonia found that formal sources (personal and college libraries, and interlibrary loans) were more important than informal sources (colleagues, and attendance at professional meetings) and that sciences relied more on journals and humanities more on books.…

Presents the results of a study to measure library materials use and cost at the University of Pittsburgh, the errors and inaccuracies encountered in the study, and the responses of faculty members and University librarians to the findings. (CWM)

Discussion of information consulting in academic libraries focuses on consulting with faculty, administrators, and other related scholars. Topics include the need for more active information consulting, including the growth of interdisciplinary research, changes in information seeking behavior, and changes in scholarly communication; and elements…

Academic librarians and faculty library representatives were interviewed about the relationship between librarians and faculty in collection development. The problem stressed by library representatives was communication with department colleagues. Librarians thought the system of library representatives depended on the representative's view of the…

Examines librarian-teaching faculty enmity in university libraries with an objective of increasing mutual respect and cooperation among the two. Discusses disputes over the term "scholar" and "scholar-librarian"; division between managers and the "scholars" who work with the materials; self-perception and self-worth; and the need to value…

Presents the results of a three-round Delphi technique study in which predictions about the education, roles, and functions of academic public service librarians in the year 2000 were compiled and analyzed. A table summarizes the predictions by area. (Author/JL)

Discussion of cultural diversity in higher education highlights the results of a survey that was conducted to identify efforts of academic libraries to facilitate or respond to cultural diversity. Percentages of minority student enrollments, minority faculty and staff members, and minority librarians are examined. (Contains 19 references.) (LRW)

Discusses the need at the University of Southern Mississippi library to review resource allocations among serials, monographs and standing orders, and to select an allocation formula. The supply and demand formula used, its implementation, and results in departmental purchasing power are described. (four references) (EA)