Being analog : creating tomorrow's libraries / Walt Crawford. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crawford, Walt.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library science--United States.

Library science.

Libraries--United States--Special collections--Electronic information resources.

Libraries.

Libraries--United States--Data processing.

Library Science--United States.

Libraries--United States.

Libraries--trends--United States.

Computers--United States.

Libraries, Digital--United States.

Library science--Special collections--Electronic information resources--United States.

Libraries--Data processing--United States.

Medical Subjects:

Library Science--United States.

Libraries--United States.

Libraries--trends--United States.

Computers--United States.

Libraries, Digital--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 245 p. )

Place of Publication:

Chicago : American Library Association, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Walt Crawford, coauthor of Future Libraries: Dreams, Madness, & Reality, offers an alternative model to a simplistic digital future in Being Analog: Creating Tomorrow's Libraries. The always outspoken Crawford challenges popular prognostications, asserting that the complex mix of technologies projects no clear path to the future and that people use technology in unexpected ways." "In today's competitive funding environment, digital dreams of virtual libraries pose the real threat of misguided physical and budgetary planning. Crawford's cogent arguments will help you articulate your own viewpoint to administrators, staff, or users who claim that the virtual library will do it all for less. He explores the roles of libraries and the reasons people use libraries. He helps you make choices among the ever shifting, complex combinations of digital and analog resources." "Being Analog celebrates the remarkable results professional librarianship has achieved in sensibly combining human intelligence and computer power. It points the way to a real world where flexible libraries support today's services and resources while accommodating tomorrow's changes."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

The future is not what it used to be

The all-digital future does not compute

Different strokes: people and the future

Coping with nonsense: numeracy and common sense

Tomorrow's libraries: complex places

Tomorrow's libraries: complex services

Many libraries: strength in diversity

Real librarianship in a complex world

Books and beyond: thinking about media

New media, new niches

Digital resources and analog users

Telling your stories, hearing their needs

The circle of sharing: why cataloging still counts

Partnerships: libraries and the community

Partnerships: the community of libraries

Taking on new roles

Revolution through evolution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-236) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-30074-7