A01=Paul LeClerc
A01=Stephen R. Graubard
Affonso Romano de Sant' Anna
American Library Association
American Public Libraries
Ann Shumelda Okerson
Author_Paul LeClerc
Author_Stephen R. Graubard
Brian Lang
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Cd Rom Drive
Cleveland Public Library
computer
Deanna B. Marcum
deutsche
die
Die Deutsche Bibliothek
digital
Digital Information
Digital Library
Digital Library Initiatives
digital preservation strategies
Digital Publications
Donald S. Lamm
Dwarika N. Banerjee
Eleanor Shapiro
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European National Libraries
French National Library
future of digital libraries
global knowledge infrastructure
Hermann Leskien
information
information access equity
Information Infrastructure
Information Superhighway
intellectual property rights
International Library Community
James H. Billington
Jamie Frederic Metzl
Jean Favier
Kenneth E. Carpenter
Kenneth E. Dowlin
Klaus-Dieter Lehmann
Legal Deposit Copies
libraries
library
library science research
Library Services
Marilyn Gell Mason
national
National Bibliography
National Central Library
National Digital Library Program
National Libraries
Peter Johan Lor
Peter Lyman
Peter R. Young
public
Public Libraries
Public Libraries Today
Research Libraries
scholarly communication models
screen
South African Library
Susan Goldberg Kent
Vladimir Zaitsev
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781560009863
- Weight: 589g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 31 Oct 1997
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Stephen R. Graubard, Paul LeClerc
