The Changing Academic Library: Operations, Culture, Environments, Third Edition (ACRL Publications in Librarianship No. 74)

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)