TY  - BOOK
AU  - Herring,Mark Y.
AU  - Herring,Mark Youngblood
TI  - Are libraries obsolete?: an argument for relevance in the digital age 
SN  - 9780786473564 (softcover : acid-free paper)
AV  - Z674.75.I58 H47 2014
U1  - 020.2854678 HER 
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Jefferson, North Carolina
PB  - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
KW  - Libraries and the Internet
KW  - Libraries
KW  - Forecasting
KW  - Library science
KW  - Library & information sciences / Museology
KW  - thema
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-253) and index; Everything is still not on the Internet -- Searching the Web -- Quality control, or lack thereof -- Rotting from within? -- En masse : mass digitization -- Copyright -- Ebooks u·ber 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -