Cavan M. McCarthy, Ph.D., Visiting Professor
School of Library and Information Science
The University of Iowa

ADDITIONAL READINGS
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

College Univ Libraries readings Unit 01 Why study academic libraries?

Association of College and Research Libraries. Environmental scan: trends and emerging issues. Chicago: ACRL; 1999. 22 p.
http://www.ala.org/acrl/scan.pdf

Franklin, Phyllis. Scholars, librarians and the future of primary records. College & Research Libraries. 1993 Sep; 54:397-406.

Friday, William. The future of the American research university. In: Williams, Delmus E and others, editors. For the good of the order: essays in honor of Edward G. Holley. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press; 1994; pp. 31-36. Z675 .U5 F675 1994.

Wagner, Colette A. and Whitlach, Jo Bell. The academic library and the non-traditional student. In: Breivik, Patricia Senn and Wedgeworth, Robert, editors. Libraries and the search for academic excellence. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press; 1988; pp. 43-56. Z675.U5 L44 1988.
 
 

College Univ Libraries readings Unit 02 Brief history of higher education and libraries

Jones, Plummer Alston Jr. The history and development of libraries in American higher education. College & Research Libraries News. 1989 Jul/Aug; 50(7):561-564.

Kerr, Clark. The uses of the university. 4th ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; 1995. LB2325 .K43 1995

Rider, Fremont. The scholar and the future of the research library: a problem and its solution. New York: Hadham Press; 1944. Z665 .R53

Rudolph, Frederick. The American college and university : a history. Athens: University of Georgia Press; 1990. LA226 .R72 1990
 
 

College Univ Libraries readings Unit 03 Organizational culture and higher education

Dooris, Michael J and Fairweather, James S. Structure and culture in faculty work: implications for technology transfer. Review of Higher Education. 1994 Winter; 17:161-177.

Lynch, Beverly P. Management strategies for libraries: a basic reader. New York: Neal-Schuman; 1985. 682 p . Z678.M278 1985

Tierney, William G. Academic work and institutional culture: constructing knowledge. Review of Higher Education. 1991 Winter; 14:199-216.

Tierney, William G. Organizational culture in higher education. Journal of Higher Education. 1988 Jan/Feb; 59:2-21.
 
 

College Univ Libraries readings Unit 04: System of scholarly communication

Budd, John M. Scholarly communication and libraries: contemporary and future. In: Williams, Delmus E and others, editors. For the good of the order: essays in honor of Edward G. Holley. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press; 1994. Z675.U5 F675 1994.

Kaminer, Noam. Scholars and the use of the Internet. Library and Information Science Research. 1997; 19(4):329-345.

Kaufman, P. T. and Miller, T. J. Scholarly communications: new realities, old values. Library Hi Tech. 1992; 10(3):61-78. Dialog file 148.
 
 

College Univ Libraries readings Unit 05: Perceptions of the academy

D'Souza, Dinesh. Illiberal education: the politics of race and sex on campus. New York: Free Press; 1991. LC213.2 .D78 1981

Getman, Julius. In the company of scholars: the struggle for the soul of higher education. Austin: University of Texas Press; 1992. LA227.4 G48

Pelikan, Jaroslav. The idea of the university: a reexamination. New Haven CT: Yale University Press; 1992. LB2321.P45

Wilshire, Bruce. The moral collapse of the university: professionalism, purity and alienation. Albany: State University of New York Press; 1990. LA227.3.W53
 
 

College Univ Libraries readings Unit 06: Governance

Birnbaum, Robert. How colleges work: the cybernetics of academic organization and leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass; 1988. LB2341.B48 1988

Cohen, Michael D. and March, James G. Leadership and ambiguity: the American college president. 2nd ed. Boston: Harvard Business School; 1986. LB2341 .C56 1986

Rosenzweig, Robert M. Governing the modern university. In: Cole, Jonathan R; Barber, Elinor G, and Graubard, Stephen R, editors. The research university in a time of discontent. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University; 1994; pp. 299-308. LA227.4 .R47 1994.

Weick, Karl E. Educational organizations as loosely coupled systems. Administrative Science Quarterly. 1976 Mar; 21:1-19. U. Iowa Business Library
 
 

College Univ Libraries readings Unit 07: Organization and management of academic libraries

Library reorganization and restructuring. Washington: Association of Research Libraries; 1996. 150 p (SPEC: Systems and Procedures Exchange Center; 215). Includes library organization charts. Z 675.U5 S66 no. 215

Association of College and Research Libraries. Standards for college libraries, 1995 edition. College & Research Libraries News. 1995 Apr.; 56(4):245-257.

Bechtel, Joan. Collegial management: principles and practices. Library Administration & Management. 1994 Winter; 8:21-34.

Butler, M. and Davis, H. Strategic planning as a catalyst for change in the 1990s. College & Research Libraries. 1992 Sep; 53:393-403.

Hayes, Robert M. Strategic management for academic libraries: a handbook. Westport CT: Greenwood Press; 1993. Z675.U5 H3

McAnally, Arthur M and Downs, Robert B. The changing role of directors of university libraries. In: Lynch, Beverly P. Management strategies for libraries: a basic reader. New York: Neal-Schuman; 1985; pp. 312-345. Z678.M278 1985.
 
 

College Univ Libraries readings Unit 08: Libraries and money

Budd, John M. Academic libraries: institutional support and internal expenditures. Library Administration & Management. 1990 Summer; 4:154-158.

Goudy, Frank W. Academic libraries and the six percent solution: a twenty-year financial overview. Journal of Academic Librarianship. 1993; 19:212-215.

Kyrillidou, Martha. An overview of performance measures in higher education and libraries.
http://www.arl.org/newsltr/197/overview.html

Stoffle, Carla J and Weibel, Kathleen. Funding academic libraries. In: McCabe, Gerard B and Person, Ruth J. Academic libraries: their rationale and role in American higher education. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press; 1995; pp. 125-146. Z675.U5 A339.
 
 

College Univ Libraries readings Unit 09: The collection

Brown, Linda A. and Forsyth, John Harper. The evolving approval plan: how academic libraries evaluate services for vendor selection and performance. Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services. 1999 Fall; 23(3):231-277.

Budd, John M. and Craven, Catherine K. Academic library monographic acquisitions: selection of Choice's ooutstanding academic books. Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services. 1999 Spring; 23(1):15-26.

Casserly, Mary F. Collection development in college and university libraries: a comparison. In: Hill, Joanne Schneider; Hannaford Jr., William E, and Epp, Ronald E, editors. Collection development in college and university libraries. Chicago: American Library Association; 1991. Z675.U5 C528.

Clapp, Verner W. and Jordan, Robert T. Quantitative criteria for adequacy of academic library collections. College & Research Libraries. 1965 Sep.; 26(5):371-380.

Freeman, Michael S. Allocation formulas as management tools in college libraries: useful or misapplied? In: Hill, Joanne Schneider; Hannaford Jr., William E, and Epp, Ronald E, editors. Collection development in college and university libraries. Chicago: American Library Association; 1991. Z675.U5 C528 1991.

Grant, Joan. Approval plans: the vendor as preselector. In: Schmidt, Karen A, editor. Understanding the business of library acquisitions. Chicago: American Library Association; 1990; pp. 153-164. Z689.U53 1990.

Hazen, Dan C. Collection development policies in the information age. College & Research Libraries. 1995 Jan; 56:29-31.

Perrault, Anna H. The shrinking national collection: a study of the effects of the diversion of funds from monographs to serials on the monographs collections of research libraries. Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory. 1994 Spring; 18:3-22.

Reid, Marion T. Evaluating the work of a vendor. In: Schmidt, Karen A, editor. Understanding the business of library acquisitions. Chicago: American Library Association; 1990. Z689.U53 1990.

Werking, Richard Hume. Allocating the academic library's book budget: historical perspectives and current reflections. Journal of Academic Librarianship. 1988; 14(3):140-144.

Wood, Richard J. The Conspectus: a collection analysis and development success. Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory. 1996; 20(4):429-453.
 
 

College Univ Libraries readings Unit 10: Electronic information

Grochmal, Helen M. Selecting electronic journals. College & Research Libraries News. 1995 Oct; 632-633, 654.

Hurt, Charlene. Building libraries in the virtual age. College & Research Libraries News. 1997 Feb; 58(2):75-76, 91.

Marcum, Deanna B. Digital libraries: for whom? for what? The Journal of Academic Librarianship. 1997 Mar; 23(2):81-84.

Tenopir, Carol and Ennis, Lisa. The digital reference world of academic libraries. Online. 1998 Jul/Aug; 22(4):22-28. Use of online in ARL libraries and emergence of web-based services .

Tenopir, Carol and Read, Eleanor. Patterns of database use in academic libraries. College & Research Libraries. 2000; 61(3):234-246.
 
 

College Univ Libraries readings Unit 11: The communities of the academic library

Day, Pam A and Armstrong, Kimberly L. Librarians, faculty and the Internet: developing a new information partnership. Computers in Libraries. 1996 May; 16(5):56-58.

Dowell, David R and Scott, Jack A. What community colleges need from their libraries. In: McCabe, Gerard B and Person, Ruth J. Academic libraries: their rationale and role in American higher education. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press; 1995; pp. 15-27. Z675.U5 A339.

Hammond, Carol. Nontraditional students and the library: opinions, preferences and behaviours. College & Research Libraries. 1994 July; 55:323-341.

Lehmann, Stephen and Renfro, Patricia. Humanists and electronic information services: acceptance and resistance. College & Research Libraries. 1991 Sep; 52:409-413.
 
 

College Univ Libraries readings Unit 12: The academic librarian

Model statement of criteria and procedures for appointment, promotion in academic rank, and tenure for college and university librarians. College & Research Libraries News. 1987 May; 48:247-254.

Bangert, Stephanie Rogers. Thinking Boldly! College and University Library Mission Statements as Roadsigns to the Future.
http://www.ala.org/acrl/paperhtm/c23.html

Buttlar, Lois J and Garcha, Rajinder. Organizational structuring in academic libraries. Journal of Library Administration. 1992; 17(3):1-21. Dialog file 148.

Horenstein, Bonnie. Job satisfaction of academic librarians: an examination of the relationships between satsifaction, faculty status, and participation. College & Research Libraries. 1993 May; 54:255-269.

Koenig, Michael; Morrison, Ronald, and Roberts, Linda. Faculty status for library professionals: its effect on job turnover and job satisfaction among university research library directors. College & Research Libraries. 1996 May; 57:295-300.
 
 

College Univ Libraries readings Unit 13: A look ahead

Dougherty, Richard M. and Dougherty, A. P. The academic library: a time of crisis, change and opportunity. Journal of Academic Librarianship. 1993 January; 18:342-346.

Dowlin, Kenneth E. Distribution in the electronic environment, or, will there be libraries as we know them in the Internet world? Library Trends. 1995 Winter; 43:409-417. Dialog file 47

Hersey, Karen. Coping with copyright and beyond: new challenges as the library goes digital. In: Matthews, Michael and Brennan, Patricia, editors. Copyright, public policy and the scholarly community. Washington DC: Association of Research Libraries; 1995; pp. 23-32. Z642. C656.

Martell, Charles. The disembodied librarian in the digital age. College & Research Libraries. 2000; 61:10-28; 99-113.

Neal, James G. Academic libraries: 2,000 and beyond. Library Journal. 1996 July; 121(12):74-76. Dialog files 47 & 148.

Quinn, Brian. The McDonaldization of academic libraries? College & Research Libraries. 2000; 61(3):248-261.

Smith, Eldred and Johnson, Peggy. How to survive the present while preparing for the future: a research library strategy. College & Research Libraries. 1993 Sep; 54:389-96.
 

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