Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-220) and index.
The academic library : its place and role in the institution / Joanne R. Euster -- What community colleges need from their libraries / David R. Dowell and Jack A. Scott -- Benign neglect of the "heart of the college" : liberal arts college deans look at the library / Lloyd W. Chapin and Larry Hardesty -- The library and the provost / Peter E. Wagner -- Professional education for academic librarians / Anne Woodsworth and Mary Westermann -- Training and development for library staff / Tom Wilding -- Selection, career paths, and managerial development in academic library administration : forecasting the needs of the twenty-first century / G. Charles Newman -- Academic collections in a changing environment / Ronald F. Dow, Salvatore Meringolo, and Gloriana St. Clair -- Funding academic libraries / Carla J. Stoffle and Kathleen Weibel -- Designing effective library organizations / Charles T. Townley -- Forecasting, forestalling, fashioning : the future of academic libraries and librarians / Jordan M. Scepanski -- A dialogue concerning two new sciences : a shameless knock-off with apologies to Galileo / Paul M. Gherman and Robert C. Heterick, Jr. -- Bibliography : the academic library in higher education, a selective annotated bibliography / Rashelle S. Karp, Rita Rivera, and Sherry Engle