01889cam a2200301 i 4500999001700000001000900017005001700026008004100043010001700084020004700101040002800148042000800176050002700184082002100211100002900232245009600261260008200357300002900439504006700468505038300535520035800918650003201276650002801308650003401336906004501370942003701415952013501452  c29987d299871798916420181129181410.0140106s2014    ncu      b    001 0 eng    a  2013050517  a9780786473564 (softcover : acidfree paper)  aDLCbengcDLCerdadDLC  apcc00aZ674.75.I58 bH47 201400a020.285/46782231 aHerring, Mark Y.,d1952-10aAre libraries obsolete? :ban argument for relevance in the digital age /cMark Y. Herring.  aJefferson, North Carolina : bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, c©2014  aviii, 258 pages ;c23 cm  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 246-253) and index.0 aEverything is still not on the Internet -- Searching the Web -- Quality control, or lack thereof -- Rotting from within? -- En masse : mass digitization -- Copyright -- Ebooks über alles? -- Depth and ubiquity -- Reading and literacy -- Privacy -- Piracy -- You are here -- Are libraries obsolete after all? : two scenarios -- Epilogue: reviving the spirit of Andrew Carnegie.  a"The digital age has transformed information access in ways that no one ever dreamed. But the afterclap of our digital wonders has left libraries reeling as they are no longer the chief contender in information delivery. The book explores how libraries and librarians must face the future if they are to continue to be relevant, vibrant, and enduring"-- 0aLibraries and the Internet. 0aLibrariesxForecasting. 0aLibrary sciencexForecasting.  a7bcbccorignewd1eecipf20gy-gencatlg  2lcccBOOKShZ674.75.I58 H47 2014  00102lcc4070aMUCbMUCcGENd2018-11-29eDonation (EYS)l0oZ674.75.I58 H47 2014p38490r2018-11-29 00:00:00w2018-11-29yBOOKS