Are libraries obsolete? : an argument for relevance in the digital age / Mark Y. Herring.
Material type: TextPublication details: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2014.Description: viii, 258 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780786473564
- Z674 .A745 2014
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Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) | G. Allen Fleece Library | Z674.75.H567.A745 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31923001870753 |
Includes bibliographies and index.
Everything is still not on the Internet -- Searching the Web -- Quality control, or lack thereof -- Rotting from within? -- En masse : mass digitization -- Copyright -- Ebooks uber 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.
"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"--
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