Research Libraries -- Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

WILLIAM J. WELSH is Deputy Librarian of Congress (retired) and an Honarary Adviser of KIT-LC.

• Editor's Note Preface Research Libraries in the Twenty-First Century The Library as Place by Jay K. Lucker The Role of Technology in Research Libraries by William J. Welsh The Collections of Research Libraries by Millicent D. Abell Achieving Preferred Library Futures in the 1990s: What Is Required? by Richard M. Dougherty Trends in Librarianship toward a United Europe by Hans-Peter Geh Information Access in the New Era The Needs of Science and Technology by Robert M. Hayes Information Access in the New Era by Warren J. Haas The Changing Definitions of the Humanities and History by Deanna B. Marcum American Research Libraries' Enhancement of Access to Materials, 1965-1990 by James F. Govan University Priorities and Policies Affecting Library and Information Service by Billy E. Frye New Technology, New Media, and Library Buildings Library Buildings and The Loma Prieta Earthquake Experience of October 1989 by David C. Weber Adapting Libraries to New Responsibilities by John P. McDonald Enlarging the Academic Library by Nancy R. McAdams Library Buildings: The Challenges of Change by William J. Welsh Technological Advances and the Changing Research Library--From Yesterday to Tomorrow by Jay K. Lucker Library Education On the Completion of the Kanazawa Institute of Technology Library Center (KIT-LC) and the Reform of Teaching Methods by Mutsushige Kyoto Report on the Actual Implementation of the Subject Librarian System in KIT-LC by Chiku Kakugy-o The Evolving Status of Library Education in the United States: A Survey and Analysis of New Needs in the Library/Information Field and New Directions of Education by Edward G. Holley Education for Librarianship by Robert M. Warner Reservation of Research Materials The Questions of Preservation by David H. Stam The Primary Role of the Commission on Preservation and Access by Patricia Battin Preservation and Conservation of Microform Collections and Audiovisual Materials by Katsunosuke Sasamori On the Degradation of Paper and Printed Matter by Takashi Kadoya The Technological University Library Faculty/Subject Librarians in the Library Center: Their Role and Training at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology by Foster E. Mohrhardt The Research Library and the Technological University by Jay K. Lucker University Libraries and the Flow of Scientific Information by Kazuhiko Nakayama Problems and Future Development of Technological University Libraries in Japan by Tetsuo Ishiguro Managing Knowledge in the Twenty-First Century The Management of Knowledge Issues for the Twenty-First Century by Patricia Battin Managing New Technologies for the Patron of the Librarian: An Endangered Species? by Joseph H. Howard Libraries and Librarians--Opportunities and Challenges by William J. Welsh Orchestrating Change in Academic Research Libraries by Duane E. Webster The Library and New Technologies: Bringing Students and Scholars On-Line by Carlton C. Rochell A Critical Look at Library Management by Foster E. Mohrhardt Index