| Descript |
1 online resource (vii, 198 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-190) and index. |
| Contents |
Credo -- The life of print -- The madness of technolust -- Electronic publishing and distribution -- Coping with electronic information -- Deconstructing dreams of the all-electronic future -- Enemies of the library -- The diversity of libraries -- Economics of collection and access -- Survival guide to the serials crisis -- Future libraries: beyond the walls -- Successful libraries make their own luck. |
| Summary |
Argues against the futuristic idea of virtual libraries because it is devastating to the societal mission of libraries, proposing instead a balanced, human-oriented approach to technology that complements print, community library buildings, and user-friendly librarians. |
| Note |
English. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide |
| Subject |
Libraries -- United States -- Automation.
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Libraries and electronic publishing -- United States.
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Forecasting.
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Library Automation -- trends
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Library Services -- trends
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Libraries -- trends
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Forecasting
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United States
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- General. |
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Forecasting. (OCoLC)fst00931721 |
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Libraries and electronic publishing. (OCoLC)fst00997518 |
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Libraries -- Automation. (OCoLC)fst00997347 |
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155 |
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Bibliotheekautomatisering. |
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Sociale aspecten. |
| Alt Author |
Gorman, Michael, 1941-
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| ISBN |
0585321140 (electronic bk.) |
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9780585321141 (electronic bk.) |
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0838906478 (alk. paper) |
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