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Future libraries : dreams, madness, & reality / Walt Crawford & Michael Gorman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : American Library Association, 1995.Description: 1 online resource (vii, 198 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585321140
  • 9780585321141
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Future libraries.DDC classification:
  • 025/.00285 20
LOC classification:
  • Z678.9.A4 U624 1995eb
NLM classification:
  • Z 678.9 .A4
Online resources:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-190) and index.

Print version record.

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.

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.

English.

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