The Academic Library : Its Context, Its Purposes and Its Operation

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Budd (information science, U. of Missouri at Columbia) examines the place of higher education in American society, the organization and culture of the academic environment, the process of scholarly communication, the library's efforts to provide information to the academic community, and the roles of the academic librarian. Of interest to professionals working in a college or university library and students contemplating such a career. Paper edition (unseen), $35.00. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.