State and the Academic Library

VICKI L. GREGORY is Assistant Professor in the Division of Library and Information Science at the University of South Florida. Her previous publications have appeared in journals such as Southeastern Librarian, College and Research Libraries, and the Journal of Library Administration.

• Introduction The Nature and Function of State Government as It Relates to Academic Libraries The State Governmental Environment--Governors and State Legislatures State Coordinating Agencies State Libraries The Interaction between State Government and Academic Libraries State Funding--The Key to Control Academic Library Networking and Automation--An Academic Approach to the Funding Conundrum Multitype Library Networks--The Use of Overarching Agencies Program Review--Macromanagement or Micromanagement? Case Studies of the Interaction between State Government and Academic Libraries The Florida Center for Library Automation--A Relationship That Ultimately Succeeds Public Academic Libraries in Massachusetts--Reorganization Redux Networking in the University System of Georgia--A Case Study in Successful Interaction CARL: the Role of the State Appendix A: Acronyms Used in this Work Appendix B: State Coordinating Agencies of Higher Education Appendix C: State Library Agencies Bibliography