Civic space/cyberspace : the American public library in the information age / Redmond Kathleen Molz and Phyllis Dain.
By: Molz, Redmond Kathleen
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Contributor(s): Dain, Phyllis | IEEE Xplore (Online Service) [distributor.] | MIT Press [publisher.].
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, c1999Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [1999]Description: 1 PDF (xii, 259 pages).Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780262280105.Subject(s): Public libraries -- United States | Libraries -- United States -- Special collections -- Computer network resourcesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification: 027.473 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.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.
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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.
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