George Stachokas is the Collections Strategist/Acquisitions Librarian at Auburn University, USA. Previously, he served as the Electronic Resource Librarian at Auburn University, Head of Resource Services and Special Assistant to the Dean for Project Management at Purdue University, and Electronic Resources Librarian at Indiana State University. He has published two previous monographs in library and information science. He holds an MLIS degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, an MA in History from Indiana State University, and a BS in Economics from Purdue University – West Lafayette, USA.

• 1. Introduction2. The Academic Library Just Before the World Wide Web3. Digital Dawn: Libraries Experiment and Adapt to New Technology 4. Culture Clash: The Library within the Library5. Early Trends and Transformation: ERMI, ERMS, and Separate Development6. The Great Recession and its Impact on Academic Libraries7. The Reimagining of Technical Services 8. Competencies, Best Practices, and Technical Standards9. At the Crossroads: Ongoing Efforts to Transform Libraries and Librarians10. Looking Toward the Future

George Stachokas is the Collections Strategist/Acquisitions Librarian at Auburn University, USA. Previously, he served as the Electronic Resource Librarian at Auburn University, Head of Resource Services and Special Assistant to the Dean for Project Management at Purdue University, and Electronic Resources Librarian at Indiana State University. He has published two previous monographs in library and information science. He holds an MLIS degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, an MA in History from Indiana State University, and a BS in Economics from Purdue University – West Lafayette, USA.

• 1. Introduction2. The Academic Library Just Before the World Wide Web3. Digital Dawn: Libraries Experiment and Adapt to New Technology 4. Culture Clash: The Library within the Library5. Early Trends and Transformation: ERMI, ERMS, and Separate Development6. The Great Recession and its Impact on Academic Libraries7. The Reimagining of Technical Services 8. Competencies, Best Practices, and Technical Standards9. At the Crossroads: Ongoing Efforts to Transform Libraries and Librarians10. Looking Toward the Future

George Stachokas is the Collections Strategist/Acquisitions Librarian at Auburn University, USA. Previously, he served as the Electronic Resource Librarian at Auburn University, Head of Resource Services and Special Assistant to the Dean for Project Management at Purdue University, and Electronic Resources Librarian at Indiana State University. He has published two previous monographs in library and information science. He holds an MLIS degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, an MA in History from Indiana State University, and a BS in Economics from Purdue University – West Lafayette, USA.

• 1. Introduction2. The Academic Library Just Before the World Wide Web3. Digital Dawn: Libraries Experiment and Adapt to New Technology 4. Culture Clash: The Library within the Library5. Early Trends and Transformation: ERMI, ERMS, and Separate Development6. The Great Recession and its Impact on Academic Libraries7. The Reimagining of Technical Services 8. Competencies, Best Practices, and Technical Standards9. At the Crossroads: Ongoing Efforts to Transform Libraries and Librarians10. Looking Toward the Future