The academic library in the United States: historical perspectives

From the Bequest of John Harvard to the Dream of Alexandria: Historiography of the Academic Library in the United States, 1638-2015 / Mark L. McCallon and John Mark Tucker

Introductory Essays

Book Collections and Classical Training, 1638-1799

Liberal Arts Colleges and Professional Education, 1800-1875

Formation of the University, 1876-1919

Experimentation and Redefinition, 1920-1945

Expansion, Science, and Technology, 1946-1988, Part I

Diversity and Retrenchment, 1946-1988, Part II

Digital Expansion, 1989-2015

Historiographical Futures

Further Reading.