John J. Regazzi is Professor in the Palmer School of Library & Information Science and Department of Computer Science and Management Engineering at Long Island University; e-mail: john.regazzi@liu. edu. © 2012 John J. Regazzi The study provides an analysis of U.S. academic library spending, staffing and utilization trends from data collected during the period between 1998 and 2008. Data used in...

Affirmative action in academic libraries has had limited success in improving the percentage of minorities in librarianship. Alternative strategies to correct the unequal representation of minorities in academic libraries are suggested. The authors suggest that more emphasis on the value of establishing an environment of greater cultural diversity within the academic library as well as increasi...