Vol 58, No 2 (1997)

March

Table of Contents

Editorial

Why Is It That? Ironies, Paradoxes, and Subtleties
DONALD E. RIGGS
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112-114

Articles

Findings from the Condition Surveys Conducted by the University of Kansas Libraries
Brian J. Baird, Jana Krentz, Brad Schaffner
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115-126
Expectations and Effectiveness Using CD-ROMs: What Do Patrons Want and How Satisfied Are They?
Cheryl A. McCarthy, Sylvia C. Krausse, Arthur A. Little
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128-142
Information As a Strategic Contingency: Applying the Strategic Contingencies Theory of Intraorganizational Power to Academic Libraries
Gregory A. Crawford
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145-155
Small-Group Interaction among Professional Librarians
Kathleen R. Tower
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157-171
Selected Reference Books of 1996
Eileen McIlvaine
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173-187

Book Reviews

Creating French Culture: Treasures from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Eds. Marie-Helene Tesnier and Prosser Gifford. New Haven, Conn.: Yale Univ. Pr., 1995. 480p. $65. ISBN 0-300-06283-4. LC 95-6886.
Michael Ryan
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189-191
Hernon, Peter, and Ellen Altman. Service Quality in Academic Libraries. Norwood, N.J.: Ablex, 1996. 187p. $24.50, paper. ISBN 1-56750-210-5. LC 95-42989.
F. W. Lancaster
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191-192
Olson, Michael P. The Odyssey of a German National Library: A Short History of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, the Deutsche Buecherei, and the Deutsche Bibliothek. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz (Beitraege zum Buch- und Bibliothekswesen, Bd. 36), 1996. vii, 122p. DM78. ISBN 3-447-03648-6.
Winfried Goedert
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192-194
Readings, Bill. The University in Ruins. Cambridge, Mass. and London: Harvard Univ. Pr., 1996. 238p. $29.95. ISBN 0-674-2952-7. LC 95-47290.
Robert Kieft
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194-196
Soley, Lawrence C. Leasing the Ivory Tower: The Corporate Takeover of Academia. Boston: South End Pr., 1995. 204p. $40 cloth. ISBN 0-89608-504-X. $13 paper. ISBN 0-89608-503-1. LC 94-39872.
Elaine Harger
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196-198
Targowski, Andrew S. Global Information Infrastructure: The Birth, Vision, and Architecture. Harrisburg, Penn.: Idea Group, 1996. 383p. $59.95. ISBN 1-878289-32-2. LC 96-13580.
Christopher Merrett
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198-200