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The enduring library : technology, tradition, and the quest for balance  Cover Image Book Book

The enduring library : technology, tradition, and the quest for balance / Michael Gorman.

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  • ISBN: 0838908462
  • Physical Description: xiii, 157 pages ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Chicago : American Library Association, 2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The way we live now : libraries today -- Communications technology, 1875 to now -- Communications technology and libraries today -- Reading in a digital world -- The nature of the Web -- Reference work in technologically advanced libraries -- Cataloguing in the twenty-first century -- Challenges of the future -- The future of libraries : a research agenda -- Information overload and stress : the ailments of modern living -- Seeking harmony and balance.
Subject: Libraries and society.
Libraries > Aims and objectives.
Libraries > Automation.
Library science > Technological innovations.
Library science > Forecasting.
Librarians > Professional ethics.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Evergreen Indiana.

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Indiana State Library - Indianapolis ISLM Z716.4 .G665 2003 (Text) 00000105517668 General book Available -

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Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
Libraries and Communications Technology
The Way We Live Now: Libraries Today
1(13)
Communications Technology, 1875 to Now
14(13)
Communications Technology and Libraries Today
27(13)
Reading and the Web
Reading in a Digital World
40(12)
The Nature of the Web
52(14)
Library Work and the Future of Libraries
Reference Work in Technologically Advanced Libraries
66(16)
Cataloguing in the Twenty-First Century
82(13)
Challenges of the Future
95(15)
The Future of Libraries: A Research Agenda
110(12)
Overcoming Stress and Achieving Harmony
Information Overload and Stress: The Ailments of Modern Living
122(12)
Seeking Harmony and Balance
134(15)
Index 149


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