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Four- Year College and University Libraries At Left, Reading Room, Hunter Library, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee. Photo by Harry' Duke, Western Carolina University, Office of Public Information. Right, Student studying in E.H. Little Library'. Davidson College, Davidson. Pholo by News Bureau, Davidson College. MISSION To support the teaching, research, and public serice pro-grams of the college or university. The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association, which accredits colleges and universities in this region, states that "because the library is essential to learning, each institution must have a library which provides the primary and secondary materials needed to support its purposes and programs" (Criteria for Accreditation, 1983, p. 47). The mission of the col-lege or university library is thus derived from the mission and programs of the institution itself. All colleges and universities provide programs in the liberal arts, but each may also have distinctive graduate and professional programs. At the bachelor's degree level the emphasis is on teaching. At the graduate and professional degree level (e.g., master's and doc-toral study), the emphasis is upon professional training and research. Thus, a library that supports only an undergraduate program will differ significantly from a research library, which may support doctoral study in many fields. Priorities for acquiring materials and establishing services will be dependent upon the institutional purpose. A college with a student body comprised of commuting adults from a variety of backgrounds will differ from one whose student body is homogeneous and housed on campus. Normally support for faculty research will be less important in an undergraduate col-lege than in a research university. However, all academic libraries must have an adequate collection of books and other materials in a readily accessible building, which encourages max-imum use by the campus community. Objective I SUPPORTING THE INSTRUCTIONAL AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS To select and acquire materials that support the instructional programs ofthe college or university and to ensure the continued development and preservation of distinctive materials for research. LI. Support of instructional programs. Every college or university must have a basic working collec-tion of reference books, standard texts and magazines, and sup-plementary materials that reflect the emphasis of the specific courses offered. For instance, one should expect to find that the library of Belmont Abbey College emphasizes religious studies; Bennett College, black studies; UNC Greensboro, women's studies; and North Carolina State University, agriculture and engineering. All, however, would have many of the same basic reference works and standard magazines. These resources should encourage the pursuit of knowledge and have sufficient depth to stimulate intellectual curiosity. 1.2. Support of research programs. Institutions that offer graduate or professional degrees require a much larger collection of the world's literature than those that confine their programs to the bachelor's degree. Research libraries contain not only the basic bibliographies and books in each degree field but also major periodicals in related disciplines. In addition to the basic reference works and standard periodicals, these libraries need primary source materials, background materials, annotated and revised editions, publica-
Object Description
Description
Title | Page 11 |
Subjects |
Libraries--North Carolina |
Place | North Carolina, United States |
Time Period |
(1945-1989) Post War/Cold War period |
Description | Cover title. |
Publisher | Chapel Hill: [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill?],1983. |
Agency-Current |
North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources |
Rights | State Document see http://digital.ncdcr.gov/u?/p249901coll22,63754 |
Physical Characteristics | [12] p.: ill. ;28 cm. |
Collection |
North Carolina State Documents Collection. State Library of North Carolina |
Type | text |
Language | English |
Format |
Informational pamphlets Reports |
Digital Characteristics-A | 16 p.; 1 MB |
Digital Collection |
North Carolina Digital State Documents Collection Transforming the Tar Heel State: The Legacy of Public Libraries in North Carolina |
Digital Format | application/pdf |
Audience | All |
Pres Local File Path-M | \Preservation_content\StatePubs\pubs_slnc\images_master |
Full Text | Four- Year College and University Libraries At Left, Reading Room, Hunter Library, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee. Photo by Harry' Duke, Western Carolina University, Office of Public Information. Right, Student studying in E.H. Little Library'. Davidson College, Davidson. Pholo by News Bureau, Davidson College. MISSION To support the teaching, research, and public serice pro-grams of the college or university. The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association, which accredits colleges and universities in this region, states that "because the library is essential to learning, each institution must have a library which provides the primary and secondary materials needed to support its purposes and programs" (Criteria for Accreditation, 1983, p. 47). The mission of the col-lege or university library is thus derived from the mission and programs of the institution itself. All colleges and universities provide programs in the liberal arts, but each may also have distinctive graduate and professional programs. At the bachelor's degree level the emphasis is on teaching. At the graduate and professional degree level (e.g., master's and doc-toral study), the emphasis is upon professional training and research. Thus, a library that supports only an undergraduate program will differ significantly from a research library, which may support doctoral study in many fields. Priorities for acquiring materials and establishing services will be dependent upon the institutional purpose. A college with a student body comprised of commuting adults from a variety of backgrounds will differ from one whose student body is homogeneous and housed on campus. Normally support for faculty research will be less important in an undergraduate col-lege than in a research university. However, all academic libraries must have an adequate collection of books and other materials in a readily accessible building, which encourages max-imum use by the campus community. Objective I SUPPORTING THE INSTRUCTIONAL AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS To select and acquire materials that support the instructional programs ofthe college or university and to ensure the continued development and preservation of distinctive materials for research. LI. Support of instructional programs. Every college or university must have a basic working collec-tion of reference books, standard texts and magazines, and sup-plementary materials that reflect the emphasis of the specific courses offered. For instance, one should expect to find that the library of Belmont Abbey College emphasizes religious studies; Bennett College, black studies; UNC Greensboro, women's studies; and North Carolina State University, agriculture and engineering. All, however, would have many of the same basic reference works and standard magazines. These resources should encourage the pursuit of knowledge and have sufficient depth to stimulate intellectual curiosity. 1.2. Support of research programs. Institutions that offer graduate or professional degrees require a much larger collection of the world's literature than those that confine their programs to the bachelor's degree. Research libraries contain not only the basic bibliographies and books in each degree field but also major periodicals in related disciplines. In addition to the basic reference works and standard periodicals, these libraries need primary source materials, background materials, annotated and revised editions, publica- |
OCLC Number-Original | (OCoLC)10310467 |