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• Google's Digitization Project — What Difference Will it Make?
  Many respondents were excited that so much knowledge would be available so democratically, that books “locked up” in libraries would be free for all to use.
• Assessing the Library’s Contribution to Student Learning
  The challenge of searching for a library director is complicated by the perspectives and interests of the varied members of the typical search committee.
• Shaping a National Collective Collection: will your campus participate?
  Our nation’s libraries are nearly full and are experiencing severe cultural, space and budgetary pressures that affect how they manage their collections.
• Looking for Director Goodboss: How to Recruit a Head Librarian
  The challenge of searching for a library director is complicated by the perspectives and interests of the varied members of the typical search committee.
• Social Networking: Strategic Use and Effective Policies in Higher Education
  Now the social networking tidal wave has hit our academic shores, administrators will want to have written policies to anticipate problems.
• The Library as a Place: Tradition and Evolution
  Is the library, as a physical entity on academic campuses, passé? Is it becoming redundant in today’s electronic environment? It might be tempting to wish so!
• The USA Patriot Act: How Will Your Library Respond?
  The challenge of searching for a library director is complicated by the perspectives and interests of the varied members of the typical search committee.
• What Good Are All These Links? Rethinking the Academic Library Website
  Who, besides the librarians, knows where the link to the library website is on the institutional homepage? Is it prominently visible to visitors?

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