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Technology and the Library.
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Wyatt, Joe B. – College and Research Libraries, 1979
Information technology plays a role both in library administration and in the use of information resources. Viewed in historical perspective, the "computer era" is just beginning, and the prospect of the "electronic book" is good. Librarians must be computer-literate and lead students and the public in the use of new…
Descriptors: Information Science, Libraries, Library Administration, Library Role
Librarians as Enemies of Books??
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Adams, Thomas R. – College and Research Libraries, 1984
Discussion of way in which books have functioned within framework of American librarianship highlights acquisition of books (libraries attempting to fill needs of everyone in geographical area, libraries devoted to filling needs of self-selected part of society, libraries devoted to collecting particular subject), and role of private collector of…
Descriptors: Archives, Books, History, Librarians
Newcomer to the Academic Scene: The Two-Year College Library/Learning Center
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Wallace, James O. – College and Research Libraries, 1976
Surveys the development of two-year colleges and their libraries. (PF)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, History, Learning Laboratories
Whither Libraries? or, Wither Libraries.
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Lancaster, F. Wilfrid – College and Research Libraries, 1978
Some reasons why society is evolving from formal communication based on print or paper to communication channels which are largely paperless (electronic) are discussed. A scenario for a paperless communication system is presented, and some technological achievements that lend credibility to it are described. (Author/JAB)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Information Retrieval, Information Science, Information Theory