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Future libraries : dreams, madness & reality / Walt Crawford & Michael Gorman. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crawford, Walt.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Libraries and electronic publishing--United States.
- Libraries and electronic publishing.
- Libraries--United States--Automation.
- Libraries.
- Library Administration.
- Library Automation.
- Library Technical Services.
- United States.
- Library Automation--trends--United States.
- Library Services--trends--United States.
- Libraries--trends--United States.
- Forecasting.
- Libraries--Automation--United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Libraries.
- Library Administration.
- Library Automation.
- Library Technical Services.
- United States.
- Library Automation--trends--United States.
- Library Services--trends--United States.
- Libraries--trends--United States.
- Forecasting.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 198 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : American Library Association, 1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-190) and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 0-585-32114-0
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