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Civic space/cyberspace : the American public library in the information age

Title: Civic space/cyberspace : the American public library in the information age / Redmond Kathleen Molz and Phyllis Dain.
Author: Molz, Redmond Kathleen, 1928-
Publication: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c, 1999.

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Additional Authors

Dain, Phyllis.

Description

xii, 259 pages; 24 cm

Summary

In Civic Space/Cyberspace Redmond Kathleen Molz and Phyllis Dain assess the current condition and direction of the American public library. They consider the challenges and opportunities presented by new electronic technologies, changing public policy, fiscal realities, and cultural trends. They draw on site visits and interviews conducted across the country; extensive reading of reports, surveys, and other documents; and their long-standing interest in the library's place in the social and civic structure. The book uniquely combines a scholarly, humanistic, and historical approach to public libraries with a clear-eyed look at their problems and prospects, including their role in the emerging national information infrastructure.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The mission: Consensus and contradiction -- The institution: Governance and funding -- The national perspective: The federal role in library development -- The national perspective: The national information infrastructure -- The institution: Services, technology, and communities.

ISBN

0262133466
9780262133463
0262632225
9780262632225
9780262280105 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

98016614

OCLC

ocm38976196
38976196
SCSB-740168

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library