Research Catalog

The myth of the electronic library : librarianship and social change in America

Title
The myth of the electronic library : librarianship and social change in America / William F. Birdsall.
Author
Birdsall, William F.
Publication
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Book/TextUse in library Z678.9.A4 U619 1994Off-site

Details

Description
xiv, 206 pages; 25 cm
Series Statement
Contributions in librarianship and information science, 0084-9243 ; no. 82
Uniform Title
Contributions in librarianship and information science ; no. 82.
Subject
  • Libraries > United States > Automation
  • Information technology > United States
  • Library science > United States
  • Libraries > Aims and objectives > United States
  • Libraries and society > United States
  • Information technology
  • Libraries > Aims and objectives
  • Libraries and society
  • Libraries > Automation
  • Library science
  • Bibliotheekautomatisering
  • Elektronische informatie
  • Informatietechnologie
  • Bibliotheken
  • INFORMATION SYSTEMS
  • LIBRARIES
  • TECHNOLOGIES
  • Bibliothèques > États-Unis > Automatisation
  • Technologie de l'information > États-Unis
  • Bibliothéconomie > États-Unis
  • Bibliothèques > Aspect social > États-Unis
  • United States
  • UNITED STATES
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-198) and index.
Contents
The myth of the library -- Breaking the myth of the library as place -- Creating the myth of the electronic library -- Myth of the electronic library in the information society -- The sensuous library -- The therapeutic librarian -- The intermediary librarian -- The librarian and the library -- The politics of librarianship -- The politics of the electronic library -- Libraries and life chances -- The second century.
ISBN
  • 0313292108
  • 9780313292101
LCCN
93049534
OCLC
  • ocm29957118
  • 29957118
  • SCSB-2048267
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library