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Peer reviewedBirdsall, Douglas G.; Hensley, Oliver D. – College and Research Libraries, 1994
Presents a strategic planning model originally developed for university research and illustrates its usefulness for academic libraries. Library development and fund-raising activities are used as examples to illustrate the various stages of strategic planning, including scanning the environment, designing the plan, acceptance, and adoption.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adoption (Ideas), Fund Raising, Higher Education
Peer reviewedNolan, Christopher W. – College and Research Libraries, 1991
Discusses references collections in academic libraries and offers guidelines for placing materials in a reference collection that focus on their suitability for true reference functions and the expected frequency of use. Problems with poorly managed collections are discussed, and the importance of selection policies and weeding are emphasized. (37…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Guidelines, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedSmith, Eldred; Johnson, Peggy – College and Research Libraries, 1993
Urges the research library community, in which ownership is traded for access and competition for cooperation, to take concerted action to survive declining resources and the impact of electronic information technology. Concrete steps that can be taken toward contributing to a new world of scholarly communication are suggested. (Contains 12…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Change Strategies, Economic Factors
