The transformed library [electronic resource] e-books, expertise, and evolution / Jeannette Woodward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodward, Jeannette A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--Aims and objectives.

Libraries.

Libraries--Forecasting.

Libraries and electronic publishing.

Libraries--Information technology.

Libraries and the Internet.

Librarians--Effect of technological innovations on.

Librarians.

Library science--Philosophy.

Library science.

Libraries and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : ALA Editions, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This wide-ranging survey takes stock of our institutions'' strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, analyzing how libraries and the very concept of librarianship have been comprehensively transformed over the past few decades.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: GUTENBERG MEETS KINDLE; Chapter 2: LIBRARIES VS. E-PUBLISHERS; Chapter 3: THE AGE OF HIGH ANXIETY; Chapter 4: THE LIBRARY IN CYBERSPACE; Chapter 5: WILL THE COFFEE SHOP SAVE US?; Chapter 6: LIBRARY CAREERS THAT WON'T GO AWAY; Chapter 7: SURVIVAL STRATEGIES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES; Chapter 8: SURVIVAL STRATEGIES FOR ACADEMIC LIBRARIES; Chapter 9: SURVIVAL STRATEGIES FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIES; Conclusion; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 11, 2013).

ISBN:

0-8389-9628-0

OCLC:

842919709