Research and Academic Librarians: A Global View. Proceedings of a Special Session on International Librarianship Held during the National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries (6th, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 12-14, 1992).

Five speakers of international prominence from around the world presented a program dealing with the research efforts of academic librarians and the effect of research on academic libraries in Australia and New Zealand, India, Russia, Africa (with an emphasis on Kenya), and the United Kingdom. This proceedings includes the following papers presented at the session: (1) "Research and Academic Librarians in the United Kingdom" (Stephen W. Massil); (2) "Research and Academic Librarians in Africa with Emphasis on Kenya" (James Mwangi Ng'Ang'A); (3) "University Libraries, Librarians and Research in India: An Overview" (P. B. Mangla); (4) "Research and Librarians in Russia" (Ludmila F. Kozlova); and (5) "Research and Academic Librarians in Australia and New Zealand" (Colin Taylor). Biographical sketches of the contributors are included. (Contains 74 references.) (SLD)