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Atkinson, Ross – New Directions for Higher Education, 1995
Advances in information technology are forcing librarians and administrators to reinvent scholarly information exchange. The old question of what constitutes a research collection remains, but is transferred to a new medium. This is an opportunity to take advantage of the new possibilities and to correct some previous mistakes in collection…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, Educational Trends, Higher Education

Atkinson, Ross – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1990
Argues that preservation and collection development can be effectively coordinated only when the underlying political forces driving these two operations are defined and compared. The discussion explores some of the functions and values of preservation and collection development from a primarily political point of view in three contexts:…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Innovation, Library Collection Development

Atkinson, Ross – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1995
Discusses humanities scholarship from the research library's perspective. Topics include reference versus citation; bibliographic authority and authority control; library collection development which reflects a variety of research methodologies; retention policies; and the derivative nature of reference and citation.(LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Authority Control (Information), Bibliographic Records, Citations (References)