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College Libraries: the Long Goodbye

By DENNIS DILLON

I was staring at the budget figures, trying to decide how much we could afford to spend on library books, when a conversation from a couple of weeks before came to mind.

I had been on the campus running trail when a familiar face appeared alongside me. It was Bob G., a professor of management. He began chatting about the university's overall financial...

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