As we enter a new millennium, librarianship and other information professions are swept up in a period of rapid, almost frantic, change. But while there is widespread recognition that libraries in the future will be vastly different from what we know today, precisely how this change will occur is and always has been a matter of considerable speculation. To this end, Gregg Sapp has analyzed library-based predictions made between 1978, the year F.W. Lancaster published Toward Paperless Information Systems, and 1999;and compared them with seminal works published since 1876, the publication of the first issue of American Library Journal. Includes [between 500 and 700] annotated entries.
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This handy volume makes a valuable if unconventional contribution to library history, particularly the history of information technology, of recent decades. * L&C Book Reviews * At a time when more traditional views of those like Nicholson Baker (Double Fold, 2001) enjoy a high profile, such a volume as this offers an analysis of contrasting writings and a reminder that the future is now. * American Reference Books Annual * This book is much more than the subtitle suggests...An essential purchase for all library-related educational programs and useful for futuristic university courses. I recommend it for all librarians because it gives a sense of perspective to statements made from time to time about the future of our profession. * Technicalities * Some 600 annotated entries provide a balanced view between dire and visionary perspectives on libraries' future. * Booknews * A Brief History of the Future of Libraries is extremely useful for librarians seeking to trace the evolution of contemporary library theories and goals... * College & Research Libraries *
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Höhe: 223 mm
Breite: 143 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
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978-0-8108-4196-3 (9780810841963)
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Gregg Sapp is Head of the Science Library at the State University of New York, Albany.
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 List of Journal Abbreviations Chapter 5 1 Tradition Confronts Technology: 1978-1984 Chapter 6 2 New Directions and the Beginnings of Change, 1985-1989 Chapter 7 3 Electronic Libraries and New Paradigms, 1990-1994 Chapter 8 4 The Future Arrives, 1995-1999 Chapter 9 Index Chapter 10 About the Author
