Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Current issues in academic libraries / Maurice B. Line
  • The relationship between the academic library and the parent institution / Christopher J. Hunt
  • Large university library / James Thompson
  • New university library / Peter J. Tucker
  • Technological university library / Lynne Brindley
  • Polytechnic library / Nigel Macartney
  • Concepts of stock: Comprehensive vs. selective / Brian J. Enright
  • Stock management and disposal: Collection building and demolition / Ian Winkworth
  • Acquisitions: Books / Geoffrey Ford
  • Acquisitions: Journals / Alan MacDougall
  • Acquisitions: Grey literature / David N. Wood, John P. Chillag
  • Preservation and conservation / Peter Fox
  • Cataloguing and subject access / Philip Bryant
  • Reference and information services / John Fletcher
  • Lending services / Geoffrey Ford
  • Services to external users / Lynne Brindley
  • Interlibrary access, national and international / Maurice B. Line
  • Cooperation in collections / Henry J. Heaney
  • Other forms of cooperation / Alan F. MacDougall
  • Management styles and systems / Ian Rogerson
  • Staff structures / Christopher J. Hunt
  • Staff development and appraisal / David M. Baker
  • Training for management / Alan F. MacDougall
  • The concept of library goodness: User and library perception of quality and value / Maurice B. Line
  • Performance measurement / A. Graham Mackenzie
  • Monitoring and management information / Lynne Brindley
  • Financial management systems / John Fletcher
  • Revenue earning and cost recovery / Nigel Macartney
  • The IT-based manager / Mel Collier
  • Marketing / Nigel Macartney
  • Public relations and publicity / Lynne Brindley
  • Academic libraries: A new generation? / Maurice B. Line