A Dynamic Tradition: the History of Alabama Academic Libraries from Their Establishment through 1988

Contents: Pt. I. The research libraries. 1. On library history -- 2. Fairchild Library, Air University -- 3. Ralph Brown Draughon Library, Auburn University -- 4. Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library, University of Alabama -- 5. Mervyn H. Sterne Library, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Pt. II. Public university libraries. 6. J.F. Drake Memorial Learning Resource Center, Alabama A&M University -- 7. Levi Watkins Learning Resource Center, Alabama State University -- 8. Athens State College Library -- 9. Auburn University at Montgomery Library -- 10. Houston Cole Library, Jacksonville State University -- 11. Julia Tutwiler Library, Livingston University -- 12. Lurleen Burns Wallace Educational Resources Center, Troy State University -- 13. University of Alabama in Huntsville Library -- 14. Oliver Cromwell Carmichael Library, University of Montevallo -- 15. Collier Library, University of North Alabama -- 16. University of South Alabama Library. Pt. III. Private colleges and universities. 17. Alabama Christian School of Religion Library -- 18. Charles Andrew Rush Learning Center, Birmingham-Southern College -- 19. Gus Nichols Library, Faulkner University Libraries -- 20. Houghton Memorial Library, Huntingdon College -- 21. Bowling Library, Judson College -- 22. C.A. Kirkendoll Learning Resources Center, Miles College -- 23. J.L. Bedsole Library, Mobile College -- 24. Eva B. Dykes Library, Oakwood Colege -- 25. Harwell Goodwin Davis Library, Samford University -- 26. Stone-Robinson Library, Selma University -- 27. Thomas Byrne Memorial Library, Spring Hill College -- 28. William H. Sheppard Learning Resources Center, Stillman College -- 29. William Savery Library, Talladega College -- 30. Hollis Burke Frissell Library, Tuskegee University. Pt. IV. Special academic libraries. 31. Library that moved from The Cumberlands: the Cordell Hull Law Library of Samford University -- 32. University of Alabama Law Library -- 33. Health Science Libraries at the University of Alabama at Birmingham -- 34. University of Alabama Health Sciences Library, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Pt. V. Other college libraries and academic library organizations. 35. History of the community, junior, and technical college libraries of Alabama -- 36. Network of Alabama academic libraries -- 37. Communication Forum for Alabama Academic Librarians: the College, University and Special Libraries Division of the Alabama Library Association.