The Changing Academic Library: Operations, Culture, Environments

by John M. Budd

The Changing Academic Library is a revision of Budd s The Academic 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.

Genres: Nonfiction, Library Science, School, Textbooks, Grad School, Librarianship

323 pages, Paperback

First published May 30, 2005

Reviews

[Mel ReadingWithMAC]

This needs a re-edit. While the information is good, it's mostly about academic library management. Could also use some breaking up of overly-large paragraphs that extend over pages.

[Kate]

“The Web is not a complete substitute for scholarly resources that have been vetted by editorial and review processes.”

“There is an abundance of true but useless information out there.”

"The human condition is nothing more than a mechanistic process of labor and its material returns."

“The most stupid ideas can now in a moment be transferred into a thousand volumes and spread around.”--15th-century critique of the printing press

“Books are a losing proposition.”

[Mckinley]

Helpful and currently timely. Starts with a brief history for most chapters and follows developments. Covers wide range of critical topics: organization, governance and management, finance, scholarly communication, collections and electronic information, librarians and wraps up with a look ahead.

[Walt]

This is mostly about the library's role and relationship with academic departments.

[Chiznitz]

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[Gwen]

Really packed with a lot of thought-provoking ideas.