The enduring library technology, tradition, and the quest for balance
Michael Gorman.
- Chicago American Library Association 2003.
- xiii, 157 p. 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The way we live now : libraries today -- Communications technology, 1875 to now -- Communication 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.
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Libraries and society Librarians--Professional ethics. Library science--Forecasting. Library science--Technological innovations. Libraries--Automation. Libraries--Aims and objectives.