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Created in response to requests from library science faculty for a student edition with a focus on the planning and policy issues germane to all academic libraries, this new text is a revised and abridged version of the fifth edition of Lyle's Administration of the College Library (1992).

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...readable and valuable...giving historical background, an insightful overview of the administration of user services, a primer on campus politics, and a discussion of academic library organizational structures...valuable for its intended audience, library science students, and professors might want to use it as a core text, with the complete edition on reserve to supplement it. The Journal Of Academic Librarianship Those studying at UK library schools will find here a useful overview of the American college library environment. Library Review ...this text is useful as an introduction for the complete beginner. Asian Libraries ...add[s] substantially to the small corpus of professional literature intended for liberal arts college librarians. The Serial Librarian ...a very good starting point if the desire is to learn about the growth, development, and possible future of the USA's college library. Library Management

...readable and valuable...giving historical background, an insightful overview of the administration of user services, a primer on campus politics, and a discussion of academic library organizational structures...valuable for its intended audience, library science students, and professors might want to use it as a core text, with the complete edition on reserve to supplement it. * Journal of Academic Librarianship * Those studying at UK library schools will find here a useful overview of the American college library environment. * Library Review * ...this text is useful as an introduction for the complete beginner. * Asian Libraries * ...add[s] substantially to the small corpus of professional literature intended for liberal arts college librarians. * The Serial Librarian * ...a very good starting point if the desire is to learn about the growth, development, and possible future of the USA's college library. * Library Management *

...readable and valuable...giving historical background, an insightful overview of the administration of user services, a primer on campus politics, and a discussion of academic library organizational structures...valuable for its intended audience, library science students, and professors might want to use it as a core text, with the complete edition on reserve to supplement it. Journal Of Academic Librarianship Those studying at UK library schools will find here a useful overview of the American college library environment. Library Review ...this text is useful as an introduction for the complete beginner. Asian Libraries ...add[s] substantially to the small corpus of professional literature intended for liberal arts college librarians. The Serial Librarian ...a very good starting point if the desire is to learn about the growth, development, and possible future of the USA's college library. Library Management

...readable and valuable...giving historical background, an insightful overview of the administration of user services, a primer on campus politics, and a discussion of academic library organizational structures...valuable for its intended audience, library science students, and professors might want to use it as a core text, with the complete edition on reserve to supplement it. The Journal of Academic Librarianship Those studying at UK library schools will find here a useful overview of the American college library environment. Library Review ...this text is useful as an introduction for the complete beginner. Asian Libraries ...add[s] substantially to the small corpus of professional literature intended for liberal arts college librarians. The Serial Librarian ...a very good starting point if the desire is to learn about the growth, development, and possible future of the USA's college library. Library Management

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Caroline Coughlin was Director of Drew University Library from 1986-1994 and is currently involved in library education in the United States and abroad. Alice Gertzog teaches English at Allegheny College. She has been a library director and authored books and articles on librarianship, including Administration of the Public Library (Scarecrow, 1994) and Casebook in College Library Administration (Scarecrow, 1992).

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