sERVICE TO THE FACULTY , undeniably a high priority of the academic research library, has traditionally been seen as closely related to the size of the collection. The assumption has been that faculty needs are satisfied by a large collection, by special borrowing privileges, and by the provision of carrels or studies in the library. Historically, academic librarians have believed that faculty members were expert bibliographers who knew how to use . the card catalog and were at home in the book stacks. 1 Reference services, when given, have often been designed to help the faculty members find material for themselves.Although through the years authors like Rothstein have argued for the provision of actual information to the scholarly community, 2 academic librarians have continued to believe that such service is neither needed nor desired. To the extent that the humanist scholar is seen as the prototype faculty member, the librarians' view of the faculty's need for service is correct. 3 The evidence suggests that the typical social science faculty member is different from this prototype.Nelson's survey revealed that social scientists were less aware of library services and more critical of librarians' performance than
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