The Changing Academic Library: Operations, Culture, Environments - Couverture souple

Budd, John

 
9780838983188: The Changing Academic Library: Operations, Culture, Environments

Synopsis

The Changing Academic Library is a revision of Budds The Academic Library: Its Context, Its Purpose, and Its Operation. This book has been completely updated and revised to reflect the dynamic states of higher education and academic libraries. It presents a critical examination of major issues facing colleges and universities and the unique challenges that their libraries must come to grips with. Current practice is reviewed, but it is examined in the broader context of educational needs, scholarly communication, politics and economics, technology, and the nature of complex organizations. The book may be used as a text in library and information science courses, as well as an introduction for new professionals and academic administrators.

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À propos de l?auteur

John M. Budd is an associate professor in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA, 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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