1. Why Study Academic Libraries? -- 2. A Brief History of Higher Education and Academic Libraries in the United States -- 3. Organizational Culture and Higher Education -- 4. The System of Scholarly Communication -- 5. Perceptions of the Academy -- 6. Governance -- 7. The Organization and Management of Academic Libraries -- 8. Libraries and Money -- 9. The Collection -- 10. Electronic Information and Academic Libraries -- 11. The Communities of the Academic Library -- 12. The Academic Librarian -- 13. A Look Ahead