The academic library /
Peter Brophy.
- 2nd ed.
- London : Facet Publishing, c2005
- xii, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Previous ed.: 2000 PDM (Professional Development Material)
Preface. - 1. The higher education context. - 2. The history of higher education libraries. - 3. The library in the institution. - 4. Users of the academic library. - 5. The impacts and opportunities of information and communications technologies. - 6. Human resources. - 7. Resource management. - 8. Collection and access management and the organization of resources. - 9. The academic library building. - 10. Library systems. - 11. Services. - 12. Management. - 13. Performance measurement. - 14. Professional issues. - 15. The academic library of the future. - Acronyms. - Index.