Academic Libraries in Urban and Metropolitan Areas

Solutions to the unique problems of academic libraries in urban and metropolitan areas are provided in this professional handbook. Issues faced by the administrators of these libraries can differ markedly from those encountered by their counterparts in residential college towns, with service demands emanating from both the surrounding community and their own academic community. Written by experienced urban university librarians, each chapter addresses issues unique to the in-city academic library.Reaching out to their communities to establish links with business, industry, and other libraries, the administrators of the urban/metropolitan libraries require a great degree of diplomacy and management skills. Service demands arising from urban high schools place additional pressures on limited resources. This handbook shows how the use of new technologies can assist the urban academic librarian in fashioning services for a nonresident faculty, as well as a usually older student body, comprised of many international and part-time students. The characteristics of city living and their impact on information-seeking behavior are discussed. Other topics covered are resource sharing, setting fees, staff and collection security, environmental pollution and space requirements.

Gerard McCabe's Academic Libraries in Urban and Metropolitan Areas: A Management Handbook is a landmark contribution because it clearly delineates the unique nature of those libraries. Wilson Library Bulletin

IntroductionThe Urban Academic Library: Opportunity Spawned of Pressure--A Bibliographic Essay by Rashelle S. KarpThe Mission of the Urban Academic LibraryDefining the Mission of the Urban University and Its Library: The Beginnings of a Typology by Delmus E. WilliamsConflict of Mission: The Midsize Private University in an Urban Environment by Fred HeathServices to External Population GroupsExternal User Access to Academic Libraries in Urban/Metropolitan Areas by Ralph H. Russell, Carolyn L. Robison, James E. Prather, and Christina E. CarlsonGeneral Circulation Policies for Private Citizens: The Practices of Publicly Supported Academic Libraries by Eugene S. MitchellUrban University Library Services to Business and Industry by Linda Keir Simons and Edward D. GartenHigh School Students and Libraries in Public Universities by Jay R. McNamara and Delmus E. WilliamsCooperation: Private Academic and High School Libraries by Kathleen TillerServices to Internal Population GroupsReference and Information Service by Carolyn A. SheehyLocal Information in Federal Sources by Catherine M. DwyerAudiovisual Services: Strategic Planning by Donna R. LeoneLibrary Services for Faculty in the Urban University by Floyd C. HardyBibliographic Instruction for Students by E. Ray HallExtended Campus ConsiderationsExtended Campus Library Services by Mary Joyce PickettThe Perception of Distance: Networking Among Libraries by Susan AndersonJoint-Use Library Services at Distant Campuses: Building Cooperation Between a Community College and a University by Yvonne L. Ralston and Adele OldenburgSecurity, Safety, and PreservationLegal and Practical Aspects of Securing the General Collection in Academic Libraries by Carolyn L. Robison, John D. Marshall, Jr., and Pamela J. CraveySecurity and Safety of People in Urban Academic Libraries by Elizabeth Ader and Julie PinnellPreservation and Environmental Control Issues in the Urban/Metropolitan Academic Library by James E. GwinManagerial PerspectivesPersonnel Management in the Urban Academic Library by James R. CoffeyAcculturation of the International Student Employee in Urban University Libraries by Harriett M. Pastor and Lia S. HemphillSpace: The Physical Environment of the Urban Academic Library by Ruth J. Person and Joan G. RappThe Future Results of Using New Technology by John W. HeadIndex