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In this work, one of the library world's thinkers discusses the transformative effect that communications technology has had on information delivery from past to present to future. By tracing these transformations, Michael Gorman writes a roadmap for achieving balance between the tradition of library service and ever-changing technology.

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

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Booklist Review

From one of the profession's most prolific writers and passionate scholars, this book is billed as a manifesto that will help librarians strike a balance between the ideas of technology dominance and the tradition of library service. Gorman's premise is that to understand the impact of technology on society and libraries, we need to have a clear view of the history and evolution of communications technology. He holds that library life has always been affected by technology, suggesting that we are not in a transformational time but at an important point in the evolution of libraries. He also examines reading in the digital world and the nature of the Web, library work and the future of libraries (focusing on reference and cataloging), and two ailments of modern living--information overload and stress. Librarians and library administrators interested in forecasting, information technology, library trends, and professional ethics will want to read this insightful and provocative book. -- RBB Copyright 2003 Booklist