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?The Librarian and the Scholar, the running title of this extended essay on reasarch libraries, is the product of a long, thoughtful, and sometimes turbulent career in research librarianship; the result is equally thoughtful and reflective of troubling questions facing the field. At its heart the book, consisting of seven short chapters and a bibliographic essay, concerns the construct of 'the record of scholarship' as the particular responsibility of the research librarian, a construct potentially threatened by the chaos and information overload caused by new technology, or conversely saved and enhanced by the consolidating blessing of the electronic era in information management....?-LRTS

"?The Librarian and the Scholar, the running title of this extended essay on reasarch libraries, is the product of a long, thoughtful, and sometimes turbulent career in research librarianship; the result is equally thoughtful and reflective of troubling questions facing the field. At its heart the book, consisting of seven short chapters and a bibliographic essay, concerns the construct of 'the record of scholarship' as the particular responsibility of the research librarian, a construct potentially threatened by the chaos and information overload caused by new technology, or conversely saved and enhanced by the consolidating blessing of the electronic era in information management....?-LRTS ?The Librarian, the Scholar, and the Future of the Research Library discusses the roles of the research library and the research librarian in an environment of rapid and unrelenting social and technological change; appraises research library cooperation and the application of new technologies in research libraries; and looks at preservation alternatives. The book also investigates the conflicts between the information seeking practices of scholars and the information organization practices of librarians.?-Bulletin of the American Society for Information Society ""The Librarian, the Scholar, and the Future of the Research Library discusses the roles of the research library and the research librarian in an environment of rapid and unrelenting social and technological change; appraises research library cooperation and the application of new technologies in research libraries; and looks at preservation alternatives. The book also investigates the conflicts between the information seeking practices of scholars and the information organization practices of librarians.""-Bulletin of the American Society for Information Society ""The Librarian and the Scholar, the running title of this extended essay on reasarch libraries, is the product of a long, thoughtful, and sometimes turbulent career in research librarianship; the result is equally thoughtful and reflective of troubling questions facing the field. At its heart the book, consisting of seven short chapters and a bibliographic essay, concerns the construct of 'the record of scholarship' as the particular responsibility of the research librarian, a construct potentially threatened by the chaos and information overload caused by new technology, or conversely saved and enhanced by the consolidating blessing of the electronic era in information management....""-LRTS"

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ELDRED SMITH is a Professor at the University of Minnesota. He has served as University Librarian/Director of Libraries at the University of Minnesota, the State University of New York at Buffalo, and the University of California at Berkeley. His articles have appeared in College and Research Libraries, The Library Journal, The Canadian Library Journal, as well as other journals, symposia, and anthologies.

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