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do we still need librarians?,
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This review is from: Last One Out Turn Off the Lights: Is This the Future of American and Canadian Libraries? (Paperback)
The predominant theme of this book seems to be uncertainty. The Web has shaken many professions, and library science is one of these. A rather sleepy discipline that has been used to centralised control of databases has been jolted into stress. Not the least because search engines are now most people's first resource for finding information.
The essays speculate as to possible ways the profession could go. But there is an optimistic note. If information becomes universally available and pervasive, then there might be a greater need for those who understand how to look for trusted data, and how to navigate the Web in an intelligent manner that a search engine cannot yet aspire to. It should be said, in passing, that the issues in the book are not confined to US or Canadian libraries. They apply to any library. Plus, ironically enough, it has been noted that when libraries install free internet computers, that these are often the most popular items to the public. |
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Last One Out Turn Off the Lights: Is This the Future of American and Canadian Libraries? by Louise M. McGillis (Paperback - February 3, 2005)
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