| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 259 pages) |
| Contents |
The mission: Consensus and contradiction -- The institution: Governance and funding -- The national perspective: The federal role in library development -- The national perspective: The national information infrastructure -- The institution: Services, technology, and communities |
| Summary |
In Civic Space/Cyberspace Redmond Kathleen Molz and Phyllis Dain assess the current condition and direction of the American public library. They consider the challenges and opportunities presented by new electronic technologies, changing public policy, fiscal realities, and cultural trends. They draw on site visits and interviews conducted across the country; extensive reading of reports, surveys, and other documents; and their long-standing interest in the library's place in the social and civic structure. The book uniquely combines a scholarly, humanistic, and historical approach to public libraries with a clear-eyed look at their problems and prospects, including their role in the emerging national information infrastructure |
| Analysis |
INFORMATION SCIENCE/Technology & Policy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Public libraries -- United States
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Libraries -- United States -- Special collections -- Computer network resources
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Libraries -- Special collections -- United States -- Computer network resources
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- Archives & Special Libraries.
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Libraries -- Special collections -- Computer network resources
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Public libraries
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Informationstechnik
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Öffentliche Bibliothek
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Openbare bibliotheken.
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Informatiemaatschappij.
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United States
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dain, Phyllis
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| ISBN |
0585088543 |
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9780585088549 |
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0262280108 |
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9780262280105 |
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