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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Palfrey, John G. (John Gorham), 1972-     Subjects     Libraries and the Internet.     Libraries -- Social aspects.     Library information networks.     Libraries and electronic publishing.     Collection management (Libraries)     Library users -- Effect of technological innovations on.     Librarians -- Effect of technological innovations on.     Digital preservation.     Libraries -- Forecasting.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Palfrey, John G. (John Gorham), 1972-       by title:      BiblioTech : why lib...       by call number:      020.285 P159b     Search the Web     Palfrey, John G. (John Gorham), 1972-     Libraries and the Internet.     Libraries -- Social aspects.     Library information networks.     Libraries and electronic publishing.     Collection management (Libraries)     Library users -- Effect of technological innovations on.     Librarians -- Effect of technological innovations on.     Digital preservation.     Libraries -- Forecasting.       MARC Display

BiblioTech : why libraries matter more than ever in the age of Google / John Palfrey. by Palfrey, John G. (John Gorham), 1972- Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015] Call #: 020.285 P159b Subjects Libraries and the Internet.   Libraries -- Social aspects.   Library information networks.   Libraries and electronic publishing.   Collection management (Libraries)   Library users -- Effect of technological innovations on.   Librarians -- Effect of technological innovations on.   Digital preservation.   Libraries -- Forecasting. ISBN:  9780465042999 (hc.) 0465042996 (hc.) Alternate title:  Biblio tech : why libraries matter more than ever in the age of Google Description:  vii, 280 pages ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-270) and index. Contents:  Crisis : a perfect storm -- Customers : how we use libraries -- Spaces : the connection between the virtual and the physical -- Platforms : what cloud computing means for libraries -- Hacking : how to build the future -- Networks : the human network of librarians -- Preservation : collaboration, not competition, to preserve culture -- Education : libraries and connected learners -- Law : why copyright and privacy matter so much -- Conclusion : what's at stake. Summary:  "We live in a world of complex and seemingly infinite information. The ways in which people of all ages use and obtain that information has changed drastically in recent years: e-book readership has increased, Wikipedia has largely supplanted encyclopedias and reference books, and many people now consume news and media through their smartphones, tablets, and laptops. With digital culture ascendant, it seems counterintuitive to argue that libraries, of all things, are more important than ever. But that is exactly what library expert John Palfrey does in this stirring call to arms that explains how libraries can become bulwarks against the creeping problems of our times: unequal access to education, jobs, and information. Anyone seeking to participate in the 21st century needs to understand how to find and use the vast stores of information available. Yet the fate of the local library is by no means secure; these institutions are struggling to adapt to our rapidly modernizing world, and often rely on dwindling funding from state and local governments to do so. In order to survive, libraries will need to dramatically shift their focus from maintaining and building up their collections to serving their communities. Print and analog formats will never disappear, but libraries must make the transition to a digital future as soon as possible--by digitizing print material, ensuring that born-digital material (from data sets to blog posts to sound recordings) is accessible to researchers, and making all of this digital information publicly available online."--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 020.285 P159b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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