Title Fool's gold : why the Internet is no substitute for a library / Mark Y. Herring

Published Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2007] ©2007

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W'PONDS	025.04 Her/Fgw		AVAILABLE
MELB	025.04 Her/Fgw		AVAILABLE

Description vii, 191 pages ; 26 cm Contents Caught in the Web -- Forget the needle : can you just tell me which haystack? -- Weare18.com -- Footnotes? : who needs them! -- Google über alles -- E-books to the rescue! -- The paperless revolution is complete! -- A mile wide and a mind-numbing inch deep -- The endgame : quo vadis? Summary "This work skeptically explores the notion that the internet will soon obviate any need for traditional print-based libraries, and makes a case for the library's staying power in the face of technological advancements"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Computer network resources -- Evaluation. Web sites -- Evaluation. Libraries and the Internet. Libraries and electronic publishing. Libraries -- Forecasting. Library science -- Forecasting. Electronic books -- Forecasting. LC no. 2007013548 ISBN 9780786430826 paperback alkaline paper

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