Roland Person's "A New Path" is a fine comprehensive study of such libraries based . . . on an examination of the perceptions of those involved in their operation, management, and administration. Person does an outstanding job summarizing the history and the literature of undergraduate libraries and of blending all of that material into a skillfully synthesized examination of the undergraduate library in the United States and Canada from 1949 through 1987. "Wilson Library Bulletin"

Because of the work's broad scope, all individuals involved in higher education will find much of value in...