Brophy, Peter, 1950-

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.

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