The Changing Academic Library: Operations, Culture, Environments (ACRL Publications in Librarianship, 74) - Softcover

Budd, John

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9780838989975: The Changing Academic Library: Operations, Culture, Environments (ACRL Publications in Librarianship, 74)

Synopsis

This book explores the purpose of the library in higher education. It discusses higher education organizational culture and governance, the organization and management of academic libraries, library funding, the system of scholarly communication, library collections and access, digital information in academic libraries, the impact of services offered by the library on the community, and the role of academic librarians. Revised and expanded, this edition has a new chapter on the current state of higher education. Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

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About the Author

John M. Budd is Professor Emeritus in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is the winner of the 2002 Highsmith Library Literature award (formerly the G.K. Hall Award for Library Literature). He has authored numerous publications and articles in professional and scholarly journals and has given presentations at national and state conferences.

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