TY  - BOOK
AU  - Herring,Mark Y.
TI  - Are libraries obsolete?: an argument for relevance in the digital age 
SN  - 9780786473564
AV  - Z674 .A745 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Jefferson, North Carolina
PB  - McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers
KW  - Libraries and the Internet
KW  - Libraries
KW  - Forecasting
KW  - Library science
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - "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"--
ER  -