Lyle's Administration of the College Library

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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.

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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. * 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 *

Author Bio

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).