Libraries and the future : essays on the library in the twenty-first century

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"Libraries and the Future explores how the trends and technological breakthroughs of today will transform the shape of libraries as they move into the twenty-first century. This visionary book will help librarians and library science students understand and prepare for the changes likely to take place in library and information services over the next several years. Enlightening chapters discuss the future of academic libraries, public libraries,...

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Library science

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Haworth library and information science

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ISBN:

9781560243823
1560243821

Description:

195 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Threat versus opportunity / F.W. Lancaster
Shaping the future for libraries through leadership and research / W. David Penniman
Libraries as bridges; librarians as builders / Pat Molholt
The neographic library : a 30-year perspective on public libraries / Kenneth E. Dowlin
Visions of academic libraries in a brave new future / Philip H. Young
The library of the future / David Raitt
Libraries and information services in 25 years' time : a British perspective / Maurice B. Line
Libraries and information services in third world countries / A. Neelameghan
Perspectives for information services and professionals in Brazil / Jeannette Marguerite Kremer
The metamorphosis of libraries during the foreseeable future / Frederick G. Kilgour
Artificial intelligence and expert systems : how will they contribute? / F.W. Lancaster
The virtual information center : scholars and information in the twenty-first century / Lauren H. Seiler, Thomas T. Surprenant

LCCN:

92042380

Control Number:

51805

Other Authors:

Lancaster, F. Wilfrid (Frederick Wilfrid), 1933-2013, editor

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