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Brief History of the Future of Libraries
Gregg Sapp
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Description for Brief History of the Future of Libraries
hardcover. At the start of the 21st century, librarianship and other information professions are swept up in a period of change. This text analyzes library-based predictions made between 1978 and 1999 and compares them with seminal works published since 1876, to look at what libraries will be in the future. Num Pages: 336 pages, index. BIC Classification: GLC; GLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 467.
As we enter a new millennium, librarianship and other information professions are swept up in a period of rapid, almost frantic, change. But while there is widespread recognition that libraries in the future will be vastly different from what we know today, precisely how this change will occur is and always has been a matter of considerable speculation. To this end, Gregg Sapp has analyzed library-based predictions made between 1978, the year F.W. Lancaster published Toward Paperless Information Systems, and 1999;and compared them with seminal works published since 1876, the publication of the first issue of American Library Journal. Includes ... Read more
As we enter a new millennium, librarianship and other information professions are swept up in a period of rapid, almost frantic, change. But while there is widespread recognition that libraries in the future will be vastly different from what we know today, precisely how this change will occur is and always has been a matter of considerable speculation. To this end, Gregg Sapp has analyzed library-based predictions made between 1978, the year F.W. Lancaster published Toward Paperless Information Systems, and 1999;and compared them with seminal works published since 1876, the publication of the first issue of American Library Journal. Includes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810841963
SKU
V9780810841963
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99-15
About Gregg Sapp
Gregg Sapp is Head of the Science Library at the State University of New York, Albany.
Reviews for Brief History of the Future of Libraries
This handy volume makes a valuable if unconventional contribution to library history, particularly the history of information technology, of recent decades.
L&C Book Reviews
At a time when more traditional views of those like Nicholson Baker (Double Fold, 2001) enjoy a high profile, such a volume as this offers an analysis of contrasting writings and a reminder that ... Read more
L&C Book Reviews
At a time when more traditional views of those like Nicholson Baker (Double Fold, 2001) enjoy a high profile, such a volume as this offers an analysis of contrasting writings and a reminder that ... Read more