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Administrator Attitudes; Administrator Role; Attitude Change; College Administration; College Libraries; Cooperation; Educational Change; Higher Education; Information Science; Information Technology; Interprofessional Relationship; Leadership; Librarian Attitudes; Librarians; Library Science; Professional Occupations; Program Administration; Role Perception

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Two higher education professionals discuss cultural issues that separate librarians and information technology professionals, and inhibit enlightened leadership as their changing roles cause professional convergence. Guiding principles for the information professional are outlined: developing oneself and a new generation of leadership; recognizing multiple audiences and information uses; and accepting the integrity of each others' concerns and strengths. (MSE) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Administrative Policy; Affirmative Action; College Administration; Cultural Pluralism; Higher Education; Information Technology; Leadership Training; Mentors; Program Administration

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Argues that the two best means for achieving diversity and leadership in college and university information management are affirmative action (defined as actively seeking out talent wherever it resides) and formal mentoring programs. Describes mentorship as an individual commitment to seeking out, identifying, and developing the leaders of the future. The process is demanding and without immediate payoff. (MSE) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Academic Libraries; Access to Information; Ethics; Higher Education; Library Collections; Library Materials; Moral Values; Preservation

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The ethics of book preservation are the same ethics held by institutions of higher learning: equitable access to information; protection of individual rights to privacy in using those resources; development of collections that are unbiased records of diverse viewpoints; and preservation of the human record with all its variety. (MLW)

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Computer Oriented Programs; Educational Trends; Electronic Libraries; Futures (of Society); Higher Education; Information Centers; Information Sources; Library Automation; Scholarship

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Discusses the nature of scholarship as it has been known and the characteristics of the traditional relationship between scholars and their information sources. Also discusses three generations of library computing, organizational issues surrounding the advent of the "wired scholar," and implications for the future. (JN)

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Academic Libraries; Higher Education; Information Networks; Information Services; Library Cooperation; Library Role; Online Systems; Policy; Research Libraries; Scholarly Communication; Telecommunications

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Analyzes traditional roles and services of academic libraries, summarizes new communication links, and suggests major policy areas to be considered by university officers: centralized financial and technological planning, integration of information services with academic programs, access to scholarly resources, electronic publishing, copyright and ownership, research and development in information technology. (EJS) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Academic Libraries; Employment Qualifications; Higher Education; Librarians; Library Education; Library Schools; Library Science; Professional Education; Research Libraries

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Discusses the role of librarians in university and research libraries, noting basic personal qualifications (problem-solving and managerial abilities, undergraduate preparation), and basic assumptions that must underlie planning for library education programs to produce professionals prepared to cope with the real world. (EJS)

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Administrator Role; College Libraries; Cooperation; Higher Education; Librarians; Library Collections; Paper (Material); Preservation; Publications; Research Tools; Scholarship

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Continuing disintegration of portions of research collections printed on unstable paper threatens the national capacity for productive scholarship. Effective solutions will require a heightened awareness of the fragility of the modern book and a coalition of scholars, university administrators, and librarians committed to cooperative action on a national scale. (Author)

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Computer Oriented Programs; Higher Education; Information Dissemination; Library Automation; Online Systems; Reference Services; Research Libraries; Scholarship; Shared Services; Technological Advancement

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This discussion of the effects of computer technology on the services of research libraries includes descriptions of four information technology services that could replace more expensive traditional services. The efforts of the Research Libraries Group to reshape information services for their scholars is also described. (CHC)

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Computer Science Education; Computers; Educational Technology; Higher Education; Information Science; Information Systems; Library Networks; Mathematics Education; Research Libraries; Research Tools

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The university librarian at Columbia University discusses the need for a national cooperative strategy for research libraries in the network environment. The advent of widespread computer technology and the impact on research libraries is described. (MP)

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Academic Libraries; Inflation (Economics); Library Acquisition; Library Cooperation; Library Networks; National Programs; Preservation; Research Libraries; Scholarly Communication; Technological Advancement; Technology

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A national cooperative strategy by research libraries is needed in collection development capabilities, technological developments, preservation requirements and the process of scholarly communication. The publications explosion, rapid inflation, and technological advancement have invalidated traditional operating assumptions of research libraries. (Author/RAA)

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