Advances in librarianship. Volume 21 / edited by Irene P. Godden.

Includes indexes.

Libraries and the idea of the organization / Terence K. Huwe -- Virtual universities and their libraries : a comparison of Australian and North American experiences / Margaret Small -- Taming the internet : metadata, a work in progress / B. Jean Winkler -- Preservation and collection development in academic libraries of the United States : joint history and future prospects : a review article / Diane Lunde -- Values in college and university library mission statements : a search for distinctive beliefs, meaning, and organizational culture / Stephanie Rogers Bangert.

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