An overdue policy applicable in most academic libraries is described, including collection security and control, policy formation and approval, power of enforcement, publicity, documentation, notices, and fee schedule. (KP)

Measures the impact of AACR2 on the catalog of a medium sized college library, using data collected from the Library of Congress announced changes. How to deal with these changes and estimate their costs is discussed. (Author/RAA)

Outlines the history of librarian participation in the teaching/learning process and reviews some institutional programs in which the library has been made the center of instruction. (FM)

Discusses the position of the academic librarian in academic collective bargaining units. Recently there has been an increase in exceptions to the general pattern of librarian-faculty units. Librarians at the universities with the 50 largest libraries are now directed towards broad multicampus multivocational bargaining units. (RAA)

Discusses the findings of a study that investigated the continuing education attitudes and experiences of librarians at the City University of New York and variables of age, sex, years since completion of library degree, job security, type of college library, career goals, and additional academic degrees. (Author)

Addresses the following aspects of consulting on library buildings: new trends, the need for a consultant, selecting a consultant, timeliness in hiring, expectations, following through, and the cost of consulting. (FM)

Provides a summary of views, or images, of librarians extending back to the 18th century, focusing on academic librarians. Presents traits that comprise these images, sources or origins of the images, groups that hold the images, and why current images are indefinite and blurry. (Author/LRW)

This project provides a critical evaluation of networked resources as they relate to the library's collection development policy, identifies areas of the curriculum not well represented, establishes a reliable method of assessing usage across all resources, and develops a framework of quantitative data for collection development decision making.

The present study reports the results of a survey conducted at the University of West Florida concerning faculty usage and views toward online databases. Most respondents (N=46) felt quite satisfied with scholarly database availability through the university library. However, some faculty suggested that databases such as Current Contents and…

This article details the work of Jennifer Hain-Teper, from the University of Illinois Library. For Jennifer Hain Teper, it all began with a simple question: "If you could do anything at all, regardless of pay, what would it be?" This was posed by a friend when Hain Teper was a volunteer at the wildflower research center in Austin, TX.…

In 1999, Steve Coffman proposed that libraries form a single interlibrary loan based entity patterned after Amazon.com. This study examined the suitability of Amazon.com's Web interface and record enhancements for academic libraries. Amazon.com could not deliver circulating monographs in the University at Albany Libraries' collection quickly…

VIVA (the Virtual Library of Virginia) was one of the first subscribers to R. R. Bowker's Ulrich's Serials Analysis System (USAS). Creating a database that combined a union report of current serial subscriptions within most academic libraries in the state with the data elements present in Ulrich's made possible a comprehensive analysis designed…

Last week the venerable publisher John Wiley & Sons made a surprise announcement that it would purchase Blackwell Publishing Ltd. for about $1.13-billion, an acquisition likely to have broad consequences for the world of academic journals and libraries. Assuming that the deal is completed, Wiley's scientific, technical, and medical division will…

Information Literacy (IL) competencies are defined as "the ability to locate, evaluate, and use information effectively" and are considered essential for students in their academic lives and future careers (ALA, 1989). IL plays an important role in developing critical thinking and problem solving skills, and improving academic…

Introduction: Reports the conduct of a national survey in Sweden to establish the desired research priorities for libraries. The research sought to establish what evidence-base is needed for evidence-based practice. Method: The Delphi method was employed to solicit opinions on the kinds of research needed by libraries of all kinds in Sweden.…