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- Restructuring Academic Libraries: Organizational Development in the Wake of Technological Change. ACRL Publications in Librarianship No. 49. Schwartz, Charles A., Ed. Academic Libraries Case Studies Change Electronic Libraries Futures (of Society) Higher Education Information Systems Library Cooperation Library Planning Library Role Library Services Microcomputers Strategic Planning Technological Advancement Technology Integration This book is a collection of 19 essays and case studies about the challenges libraries face today. It assesses a broad range of opportunities and achievements, and emphasizes both theory and practice. The essays are divided into six sections: (1) Introduction--"Restructuring Academic Libraries: Adjusting to Technological Change" (Charles A. Schwartz); (2) Reassessing Traditional and Virtual Ground-Assumptions--"Change and Transition in Public Services" (David W. Lewis) and "Dangerous Misconceptions about Organizational Development of Virtual Libraries" (Herbert S. White); (3) Realigning Campus Computing Partnerships--"Repositioning Campus Information Units for the Era of Digital Libraries" (Richard M. Dougherty and Lisa McClure), "Planning Information Systems at the University of Albany: False Starts, Promising Collaborations, Evolving Opportunities (Meredith A. Butler and Stephen E. DeLong), and "Two Cultures: A Social History of the Distributed Library Initiative at MIT" (Nina Davis-Millis and Thomas Owens); (4) Redeveloping State and Regional Consortia--"Farewell to All That...Transforming Collection Development to Fit the Virtual Library Context: The OhioLINK Experience" (David F. Kohl), "Facing Change and Challenge through Collaborative Action: The CIC Libraries' Experience" (Barbara McFadden Allen and William A. Gosling), "Shaping Consensus: Structured Cooperation in the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries" (Sue O. Medina and William C. Highfill), and "Directed Technological Change in the Florida Community College System" (Derrie B. Roark); (5) Case Studies of the Single-Organization Experience--"Restructuring the University of Vermont Libraries: Challenges, Opportunities, and Change" (Rebecca R. Martin), "Rethinking Public Services at Harvard College Library: A Case Study of Coordinated Decentralization" (Caroline M. Kent), "Adapting Organizational Structures in Technical Services to New Technologies: A Case Study of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries" (Joan Giesecke and Katherine Walter), "Benchmarking and Restructuring at Penn State Libraries" (Gloriana St. Clair), "Restructuring Liberal Arts College Libraries: Seven Organizational Strategies" (Peggy Seiden), and "Caught in the Crossfire: Organizational Change and Career Displacement in the University of California Libraries" (Rita A. Scherrei); and (6) Restructuring Library-University Relationships--"One Purpose: The Research University and Its Library" (Charles B. Osburn), "Strategic Planning in Academic Libraries: A Political Perspective" (Douglas G. Birdsall), and "Epilogue: Balancing Restructuring Efforts" (Charles A. Schwartz). (SWC)