id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-14695 Lynch, Beverly P. The Academic Library in the American University (Book Review) 1992-01-01 2 .pdf application/pdf 1299 72 57 That the development of col- lege and university libraries in the United States, one of higher education's success stories, was accomplished with- out faculty status for librarians on many campuses is not addressed. In the book's first chapter, AtkinsĀ· sketches the history of the university and 86 College & Research Libraries the academic library from 1638 to 1945 and concludes that academic libraries expanded in those institutions in which there was strong presidential leadership and support. cache/crl-14695.pdf txt/crl-14695.txt