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Author Herring, Mark Y., 1952- author.

Title Are Libraries Obsolete? : An Argument for Relevance in the Digital Age / Mark Y. Herring.

Publication Info. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
©2014

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 Moore Stacks  Z674.75.I58 H47 2014    Available  ---
Description viii, 258 pages ; 23 cm
Summary "The digital age has transformed information access in ways that no one ever dreamed. But the afterclap of our digital wonders has left libraries reeling as they are no longer the chief contender in information delivery. The book explores how libraries and librarians must face the future if they are to continue to be relevant, vibrant, and enduring"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-253) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Everything is still not on the Internet -- Searching the Web -- Quality control, or lack thereof -- Rotting from within? -- En masse : mass digitization -- Copyright -- Ebooks über alles? -- Depth and ubiquity -- Reading and literacy -- Privacy -- Piracy -- You are here -- Are libraries obsolete after all? : two scenarios -- Epilogue: Reviving the spirit of Andrew Carnegie.
Language Text in English.
Subject Libraries and the Internet.
Libraries and the Internet.
Libraries -- Forecasting.
Libraries -- Forecasting.
Libraries.
Library science -- Forecasting.
Library science -- Forecasting.
Library science.
ISBN 0786473568 (softcover) (alkaline paper)
9780786473564 (softcover) (alkaline paper)