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Once upon a time, looking for a book in the library involved an ancient mechanism called the card catalog. Now, most card catalogs are gone forever and patrons gaze at computer screens. As electronic technology becomes more pervasive, or invasive, librarians and library users continue to be embroiled in the controversy over the function of a library and its staff. As "knowledge" loses ground to "information" and techware pre-empts book budgets, library collections are "purged" and reference librarians find their role diminished--except to put more paper in the printer (to serve the voracious wood-pulp appetite of the new paperless society). The essays in this book analyze the complex issues surrounding the postmodern library and its increasingly impersonal nature, as the librarian at its center is more and more frequently marginalized. The insights and observations, both practical and thoughtful are those of a practicing librarian. An annotated bibliography guides the reader to additional important articles and books that explore the future of the library and the role of technology.
"well written...recommended"--Reference & User Services Quarterly
| Acknowledgments | p. 7 |
| Preface | p. 11 |
| The Winter of Knowledge | p. 21 |
| Good Technology, Bad Technology | p. 33 |
| Good Education, Bad Education | p. 61 |
| Whither the Postmodern Library? | p. 87 |
| Afterword: The Self That Remains: Recollections of My Father and His Library | p. 111 |
| The Library in Context: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography | p. 121 |
| Index | p. 129 |
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ISBN: 9780786407958
ISBN-10: 0786407956
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 112
Published: 1st May 2000
Dimensions (cm): 24.0 x 15.1
x 0.8
Weight (kg): 0.2
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