Two libraries, one direction

Abstract

Compares New York’s Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Skidmore College, two very different institutions with very different libraries. Both libraries are challenged by higher costs for serials. Both have cancelled serials. Although very different, both libraries are moving in the same direction: increasing electronic access; introducing full‐text electronic journals; and participating in collaborative efforts among libraries to provide access to information. Neither library is a trend setter. Believes that their choices and their direction may indicate how far‐reaching the effects of the serials crisis truly are, as well as indicate how much libraries have changed.

Citation

Zappen, S.H. (1996), "Two libraries, one direction", The Bottom Line, Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 21-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/08880459610116256