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Books, Bricks and Bytes - Libraries in the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover)
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Books, Bricks and Bytes - Libraries in the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover)
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Libraries are experiencing a technological revolution that goes
well beyond anything that has existed since the invention of
printing. Not surprisingly, the digital library, with all that it
portends for the future of the book and the periodical, but also
with all that it implies for the kinds of information that will be
collected and disseminated, will necessarily preoccupy those
responsible for libraries in the new century. Everything from
copyright, access, and cost to the nature of the reading public
itself is now up for re-examination.'Books, Bricks, and Bytes'
brings together an extraordinary array of authors at the cutting
edge of these concerns, not only within the United States, but
experts drawn from Germany, France, Russia, the United Kingdom,
Brazil, and India. James H. Billington discusses the Library of
Congress in the information age; Ann S. Okerson outlines two models
for securing scholarly information; Donald S. Lamm discusses the
shaky partnership of publishers and librarians hi this new
environment; Klaus-Dieter Lehmann provides a framework for
maintaining the intellectual heritage of the past in a digitized
future. Each contributor shows hi concrete detail and vivid
illustration that the library as a world of holdings is
increasingly valued as an incomparable place to access information.
In his preface to the book, Stephen Graubard reminds us that
whether or not one believes in the reality of the information
revolution that is said to be overtaking the world, it is obvious
that the libraries being built today do not resemble those marble
sanctuaries constructed hi the Victorian age or in the early
twentieth entury. This is a work that shows how libraries have been
transformed from "refuges" from the external world, to places that
reflect the social and intellectual values of specific societies.
The idea that the library is a public trust and public resource is
at the center of this unusually fine collection at the cutting edge
of professional and public life.
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