| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 258 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| 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 and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Libraries and the Internet.
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Libraries and the Internet. |
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Libraries -- Forecasting.
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Libraries -- Forecasting. |
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Library science -- Forecasting.
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Libraries. |
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Library science. |
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Library science -- Forecasting. |
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- General. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Herring, Mark Y., 1952- Are libraries obsolete? Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2014 9780786473564 (DLC) 2013050517 (OCoLC)866922352 |
| ISBN |
9781476615912 (electronic book) |
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1476615918 (electronic book) |
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9781306347150 (electronic book) |
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1306347157 (electronic book) |
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9780786473564 (softcover ; acid free paper) |
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0786473568 (softcover ; acid free paper) |
| Standard No. |
40023291650 |
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