Academic libraries (Topical Term)

Work cat.: Branch libraries in ARL institutions, 1983.

ALA glossary, 1983 (Academic library--a library forming an integral part of a college, university, or other academic institution for postsecondary education, organized and administered to meet the information needs of students, faculty, and affiliated staff of the institution; College library--1. alibrary established, supported, and administered by a college to meet the information needs of its students, faculty, and staff and to support its instructional and research programs. 2. in a univeristy library system, a library with a collection related to the work of a particular college, administered separately by the college or as a unit of the university library; University library--a library, or system of libraires, established, supported, and administered by a university to meet the information needs of its students and faculty and support its instructional, research, and service programs)

LC database, Mar. 13, 1992 (academic libraries; college libraries; university libraries)

LC pattern: Research libraries

Works on academic libraries in special fields, such as law school libraries, are entered under headings for special libraries, e.g. Law libraries; Business libraries; etc.