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Decision-making by the numbers : available data for academic library managers / Julie J. Boucher -- Systems, quo vadis? : an examination of the history, current status, and future role of regional library systems / Sarah Ann Long -- The future of technical services : an administrative perspective / James F. Williams II -- Literary text in an electronic age : implications for library services / Marianne I. Gaunt -- International cooperation in cataloging : progress and constraints / Jay H. Lambrecht -- Cooperative efforts in new methods of information delivery : the Michigan experience / Beth Forrest Warner -- Quality improvement in libraries : total quality management and related approaches / Joanne H. Boelke -- A changing profession : central roles for academic librarians / Sheila D. Creth -- Alternative conceptualizations of the information economy / Sandra Braman.

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