Vol 59, No 3 (1998)

May

Table of Contents

Guest Editorial

Fair Use after CONFU
JINNIE Y. DAVIS
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209-211

Articles

Libraries, Language, and Change: Defining the Information Present
Harold Billings
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212-218
The University Library As Learning Organization for Innovation: An Exploratory Study
Rena K. Fowler
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220-231
New Roles for Special Collections on the Network
Peter S. Graham
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232-239
The Role of Recruitment in Achieving Goals Related to Diversity
Mark Winston
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240-247
Machine Help and Human Help in the Emerging Digital Library
Ronald J. Heckart
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250-259
Academic Librarians and the Pursuit of Tenure: The Support Group As a Strategy for Success
Jeannie P. Miller, Candace R. Benefiel
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260-265
Development of Critical Thinking Skills: An Analysis of Academic Library Experiences and Other Measures
Ethelene Whitmire
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266-273

Book Reviews

Brophy, Peter, et al. Access to Campus Library Services by Distance Users: Final Report. Preston, U.K.: CERLIM, 1996. 80p. £25, paper (ISBN 0-9066-9497-3). Goodall, Deborah, and Peter Brophy. A Comparable Experience? Library Support for Franchised Courses in Higher Education. Preston, U.K.: CERLIM (British Library Research Report 33), 1997. 233p. £20, paper (ISBN 090-6694-655). Brophy, Peter, et al. Self-Service Systems in Libraries: Final Report. Preston, U.K.: CERLIM, 1996. 119p. £25, paper (ISBN 0-906694-95-7).
Barbara J. D’Angelo
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285-287
Hjørland, Birger. Information Seeking and Subject Representation: An Activity–Theoretical Approach to Information Science. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Pr. (New Directions in Information Management, no. 34), 1997. 213p. alk. paper, $59.95 (ISBN 0-313-29893-9). LC 96-51136.
Patrick Wilson
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287-288
Outsourcing Library Technical Services Operations: Practices in Academic, Public, and Special Libraries. Eds. Karen A. Wilson and Marylou Colver. Chicago: ALA, 1997. 239p. $38 ($34.20 ALA members) (ISBN 0-8389-0703-2). LC 97-22901.
James W. Williams
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288-290
Radway, Janice A. A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire. Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina Pr., 1997. 424p. alk. paper, $29.95 (ISBN 0-8078-2357-0). LC 96-52037.
Jean Alexander
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290-291
Restructuring Academic Libraries: Organizational Development in the Wake of Technological Change. Ed. Charles A. Schwartz, for the ACRL. Chicago: ALA, 1997. 289p. alk. paper, $28 (ISBN 0-8389-3478-1). LC 97-40243.
Stephen L. Hupp
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291-292
Slaughter, Sheila, and Larry L. Leslie. Academic Capitalism: Politics, Policies, and the Entrepreneurial University. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Univ. Pr., 1997. 276p. alk. paper, $39.95 (ISBN: 0-8018-5549-7). LC 96-49956.
Michael Ryan
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292-294