The following paragraphs provide an initial attempt to answer these questions. Northup Library articulated its mission over ten years ago as appears in the Faculty Handbook . In general, the library mission has itself not changed. Access versus ownership will continue to be debated, but it will become a less easily defined dichotomy. Printed resources will not be abandoned anytime soon, especially monographs.
Serials are a complex issue.
It is hoped that access to electronic journals will become more stabilized and standardized within the next five years. The libraries will eventually cancel some print subscriptions, but only when uniform access has been standardized, including guaranteed a ccess to backfiles.