ERIC Number: EJ532943
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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Weatherproofing a Great, Good Place.
Cisler, Steve
American Libraries, v27 n9 p42-46 Oct 1996
Discusses the effects of technological change and demographic shifts on the future of public libraries. Topics include displacement through disintermediation (replacing professional librarians with automated systems), the voucher movement, impact of new media on publishing, new information aggregators, cheaper computing equipment and Internet connections, the formation of community networks, online commerce, and local versus global considerations. (LRW)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Programs, Costs, Demography, Dislocated Workers, Educational Vouchers, Futures (of Society), Global Approach, Information Services, Internet, Librarians, Library Automation, Local Issues, Online Systems, Public Libraries, Publishing Industry, Search Intermediaries
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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