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Description edit
Highly-respected authors G. Edward Evans, a long-time academic library director, and Fulbright Scholar, and ALA President-Elect and past ACRL president, Camila Alire, who also served as dean of two ARL libraries, draw from their combined professional, educational, and authorship experience of... read more
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Organizations edit
- Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL): Add a description of this organization.
- Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
- Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching
- Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)
- National Center for Health Statistics
- Open Content Alliance
- Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
First Sentence edit
Educating a society's youth to carry on into the future has always been a challenge.
Table of Contents edit
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I: BACKGROUND AND HISTORIC CONTEXT
Chapter 1: Background
Chapter 2: Historic Context
PART II: HIGHER EDUCATION TODAY
Chapter 3: Faculty
Chapter 4: Students
Chapter 5: Curriculum
Chapter 6: Governance
PART III: CAMPUS AND LIBRARY COMMONALITIES
Chapter 7: Funding
Chapter 8: Facilities
Chapter 9: Technology
Chapter 10: The Academy, Accreditation, and Accountability
PART IV: THE ACADEMIC LIBRARY TODAY
Chapter 11: Collections
Chapter 12: Services
Chapter 13: Staffing
Chapter 14: Current Themes and Issues
Chapter 15: Career Development
Chapter 16: Leaders Look Toward the Future
Index
About the Authors
Authors & Contributors edit
- Camila A. Alire (Author)
- G. Edward Evans (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-1555707026
Page Count: 383
Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-1555707026
Page Count: 383
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Z675.U5 A427 2010
- Dewey: 027.70973
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- Power and Conflict in the UniversityJ.Victor Baldridge
- Shared Governance in Community CollegesPam Schuetz
- Academic GovernancePatricia J Gumport
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