Includes index.

Evolving spaces : an architect's perspective on libraries / Alexander P. Lamis -- The US government and e-government : two steps forward, one step backwards? / Peter Hernon, Robert E. Dugan -- Information seekers' perspectives of libraries and librarians / Eileen Abels -- Excellent libraries : a quality assurance perspective / Felicity McGregor -- Competition or convergence? : library and information science education at a critical crossroad / Joan C. Durrance -- The civic library : a model for 21st century participation / Diantha Schull -- Libraries and learning / Robert S. Martin -- The evolving relationships between libraries and scholarly publishers : metrics and models / Craig Van Dyck, Christopher McKenzie.

Critically acclaimed since its inception, Advances in Librarianship continues to be the essential reference source for developments in the field of libraries and library science. Articles published in the serial have won national prizes, such as the Blackwell North America Scholarship Award for the outstanding 1994 monograph, article, or original paper in the field of acquisitions, collection, development, and related areas of resource development. All areas of public, college, university, primary and secondary schools, and special libraries are given up-to-date, critical analysis by experts engaged in the practice of librarianship, in teaching, and in research.

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