Future Libraries: Dreams, Madness and Reality
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Book Overview
This text aims to show that in place of futuristic dreaming and madness, libraries can embrace advanced technologies while retaining their role as service-oriented repositories of all formats of... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0838906478
ISBN13:9780838906477
Release Date:January 1995
Publisher:American Library Association
Length:212 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
Customer Reviews
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fighting the good fight
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Crawford & Gorman's book has been nothing but aninspiration to me. I am an LIS graduate studentand these two librarians are heroes.They utterly DEMOLISH the feasiblity/desirabilityof "All digital libraries" and make solid arguementsfor real, existing libraries.These guys simply just ROCK.Read William F. Birdsall also, to get a Cannuckperspective on the same issue.I dislike Crawford's non-sequitors about"socialism" but beyond that, everyprogressive librarian should read themLONG LIVE LIBRARIANSHIP!
Best Library Book of the decade
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
What they didn't teach you in school. Clear thoughs on the future of libraries, rather than hype and blue sky. If you only read one book on libraries, read this one or his newest, Being Analog. If you haven't read either, you are not well informed on the subject. Hint: Professors from Schools of Information Science hate them.
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