id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-14197 Miller, Vernon A. Academic Libraries: The Changing Knowledge Centers of Colleges and Universities (Book Review) 1986-03-01 5 .pdf application/pdf 2575 114 47 That many university administrators think of academic libraries as ''bottomless pits (academic computer centers, for which even simple funding formulas do not exist, are often considered voracious first cousins to libraries) arises from an awareness that they are more complex than the traditional measures would im- ply, but without a better understanding of the forces that are changing academic li- braries these same administrators are without the tools needed to justify a differ- ent approach to the funding issue. As academic libraries approach this next major technological change, they may find a natural and knowledgeable partner in the academic computer center (the other bottomless pit for many uni- versity administrators). cache/crl-14197.pdf txt/crl-14197.txt