This investigation of how ten small, private college libraries go about collecting books focuses on the degree of responsibility and control those libraries exercise over what is included in their collections. The findings and conclusions of the study are based upon interviews with library administrators and acquisitions librarians at Middlebury…

This collection of statistics provided by the directors of 26 Jesuit college and university libraries in answer to a survey contains numerical information on (1) library collections, including number of volumes and titles held, periodical subscriptions, government documents, microforms, and audiovisual materials; (2) library expenditures,…

Reports on a survey of bibliographic instruction at 27 small private liberal arts colleges. Compared to findings of similar surveys at larger academic institutions, small colleges lack the faculty and administrative support, procedures for evaluation, and specific goals for library instruction programs found at larger institutions. A copy of the…