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Author Herring, Mark Y., 1952- author.

Title Are libraries obsolete? : an argument for relevance in the digital age / Mark Y. Herring
Published Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 258 pages)
Contents Everything is still not on the Internet -- Searching the Web -- Quality control, or lack thereof -- Rotting from within? -- En masse : mass digitization -- Copyright -- Ebooks über alles? -- Depth and ubiquity -- Reading and literacy -- Privacy -- Piracy -- You are here -- Are libraries obsolete after all? : two scenarios -- Epilogue: reviving the spirit of Andrew Carnegie
Summary "The digital age has transformed information access in ways that no one ever dreamed. But the afterclap of our digital wonders has left libraries reeling as they are no longer the chief contender in information delivery. The book explores how libraries and librarians must face the future if they are to continue to be relevant, vibrant, and enduring"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Libraries and the Internet.
Libraries -- Forecasting
Library science -- Forecasting
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- General.
Libraries and the Internet
Libraries -- Forecasting
Library science -- Forecasting
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781476615912
1476615918
9781306347150
1306347157