Product Description: Inventing the Future: Information services for a New Millenium is a sequel to Harris and Hannah's 1998 book Into the Future. In this book they move beyond the rhetorical contests about the future of the library and turn their attention to the more prosaic but vital task of managing our ever more complex and constantly changing libraries...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Surveys the libraries of ancient, Medieval, and modern times. Substantially revised from the 1976 third edition (first in 1965) to incorporate the new history of books, the electronic advances in communication, and the political changes in Europe since the late 1980s. The bibliographies are also updated to reflect current thinking about both the past and the current significance of libraries. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This work is a general and synthetic study of the post-industrial era and its implications for library and information services in the United States. Since Daniel Bell promulgated his post-industrial metaphor in the early 1970s, it has become one of the most dominant metaphors in contemporary America...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: "This book is a joy. It is delightful to read authors who so clearly have read widely and who have carefully thought about the impact of other fields' scholarly literature on the practice of librarianship. . . ." - Information Processing & Management This work is a general and synthetic study of the Post-Industrial era and its implications for library and information services in the United States...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Traces the development of libraries from ancient times and discusses their important influence on the progress of civilization. Bibliogs

Product Description: This volume contributes to the reader's understanding of the historical development of libraries and librarianship in America from the colonial period to the early 20th century. An understanding of library history illustrates clearly that American librarians have faced and solved major crises over the years...read more

Product Description: First edition. xx, 260 pages. cloth.. 8vo..

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