The enduring library [electronic resource] : technology, tradition, and the quest for balance / Michael Gorman

Author	Gorman, Michael, 1941-
Title	The enduring library [electronic resource] : technology, tradition, and the quest for balance / Michael Gorman
Imprint	Chicago : American Library Association, 2003
Connect to	http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=87510
Descript	xiii, 157 p

CONTENT

The way we live now : libraries today -- Communications technology, 1875 to now -- Communications technology and libraries today -- Reading in a digital world -- The nature of the web -- Reference work in technologically advanced libraries -- Cataloguing in the twenty-first century -- Challenges of the future -- The future of libraries : a research agenda -- Information overload and stress : the ailments of modern living -- Seeking harmony and balance

Libraries and society Libraries -- Aims and objectives Libraries -- Automation Library science -- Technological innovations Library science -- Forecasting Librarians -- Professional ethics Electronic books.