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Librarianship--quo vadis? opportunities and dangers as we face the new millennium
Title:
Librarianship--quo vadis? opportunities and dangers as we face the new millennium
Author:
White, Herbert S.
ISBN:
9780313009525
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Publication Information:
Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 2000.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxxvi, 399 p.)
Contents:
Foreword; Introduction; Look at All Those Beautiful Birds Overhead!; Priorities for the Research Library Budget: A Humble Proposal; What Do We Give 'Em? And Who Are 'Em?; The Legacy of John Swan; Small Public Libraries -- Challenges, Opportunities, and Irrelevancies; "Lead Me Not into Temptation to Do Good"; Our Goals and Our Programs: We're Better at Caring Than at Getting Others to Care; The Politics of Reinventing Government Libraries; Fairy Tales from the Wonderful World of Library Politics; Is Anyone Still Training the Circus Animals?
Abstract:
Librarians and libraries now face unprecedented challenges, risks, and opportunities. In his latest collection of articles and speeches, White focuses on the professional issues confronting librarians at a time of increased technological options-when simple information access can be easily and directly done by end users, but in which complex information access poses needs and concerns which the end user may not even recognize, let alone understand. Often delivered with wit, these insightful and sometimes controversial commentaries are intended to provoke serious thought, discussion, and ultima.
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