Reimagining the Academic Library paints a simple straightforward picture of the changes affecting academic libraries & what academic librarians need to do to respond to the changes would help to guide future library practice The aim is to explain where academic libraries need to go & how to get there in a book that can be read in a weekend David W Lewis provides a readable survey of the current state of academic library practice & proposes where academic libraries need to go in the future to provide value to their campuses His primary focus is on collections as this is the area with the greatest opportunity for change & is the driver of most library cost Lewis provides an accessible framework for thinking about how library practice needs to adjust in the digital environment