The enduring library technology, tradition, and the quest for balance / [electronic resource] :
Michael Gorman.
- Chicago, Ill. : American Library Association, 2003.
- 1 online resource
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.
9780838908464 9780838998748 (electronic bk.)
Libraries and society. Libraries--Aims and objectives. Libraries--Automation. Library science--Technological innovations. Library science--Forecasting. Librarians--Professional ethics.