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Griffen, Agnes M. – Library Journal, 1987
Science fiction is used to describe four scenarios of the library of the future: completely computerized; rehumanized; post-cataclysmic, reinvented; and post-computer, mental high-tech. The future is discussed in terms of what is possible, probable, and desirable. An exercise is suggested for librarians to examine their own ideas about the future…
Descriptors: Computers, Futures (of Society), Library Role, Science Fiction
