id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-14435 Moran, Barbara B. The Unintended Revolution in Academic Libraries: 1939 to 1989 and Beyond 1989-01-01 17 .pdf application/pdf 11665 601 57 Academic libraries have evolved from relatively small, self-sufficient insti- tutions to large, multifaceted organiza- tions electronically interconnected and linked in ways not yet envisioned fifty years ago. The following account focuses largely on the changes in librarianship but also ex- amines some of the similarities that indi- cate, perhaps better than anything else, both the strengths of academic libraries and the weaknesses where improvement and progress still need to be made. cache/crl-14435.pdf txt/crl-14435.txt