Recreating the Academic Library: Breaking Virtual Ground

Academic libraries are being reinvented: buildings, collections, personnel, organizations, a new generation of computerization - even who and where their clients are is changing. This collection of essays is by library recreators . Richard De Genarro talks about The Library as a State of Mind ; Clifford Lynch reveals how he is Recomputerizing Libraries ; James Rettig describes Buildings That Help, Not Hinder ; Esther Grassian defines Librarian Teachers ; Ilene Rockman shares strategies for Reaching the Remote User ; Joseph Boisse characterizes The Truly Diverse Clientele ; and others address a spectrum of issues ranging from academic to electronic collections.