Individual librarians and their personal leadership are
contributing to changes in the library profession and the expanding
career opportunities available to academic librarians. Not long ago
many librarians saw their careers as limited to the confines of
their library's four walls. There is a growing range of
opportunities for librarians to hold influential positions outside
of the library.
Libraries have been an integral part of American higher
education since 1636, when the Massachusetts Bay Colony's college
at Cambridge was founded and then, two years later, took the name
of John Harvard in recognition of the bequest of his library. Today
the more than 3500 colleges and universities in the United States
have collections that total many millions of volumes. In the
intervening years, libraries have functioned in varying ways,
depending upon the changing and developing purposes and policies of
the institutions they have served. During this time the role of the
librarian has changed from that of keeper of books to one of broad
responsibilities for sophisticated information services. The
academic librarian of today is a consummate professional,
responsible for providing information services to faculty and
students using every available technology.
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