Fool's gold : why the Internet is no substitute for a library / Mark Y. Herring.

By: Herring, Mark Youngblood, 1952-.

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2007Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-187) and index.Description: vii, 191 p. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780786430826 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0786430826 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Computer network resources -- Evaluation

| Web sites -- Evaluation

| Libraries and the Internet

| Libraries and electronic publishing

| Libraries -- Forecasting

| Library science -- Forecasting

| Electronic books -- Forecasting

DDC classification: 025.04 Online resources: Table of contents

Contents:

Caught in the Web -- Forget the needle. Can you just tell me which haystack? -- Weare18.com -- Footnotes? who needs them! -- Google über alles -- E-books to the rescue! -- The paperless revolution is complete! -- A mile wide and a mind-numbing inch deep -- The endgame : quo vadis?

Summary: "This work skeptically explores the notion that the internet will soon obviate any need for traditional print-based libraries, and makes a case for the library's staying power in the face of technological advancements"--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-187) and index.

"This work skeptically explores the notion that the internet will soon obviate any need for traditional print-based libraries, and makes a case for the library's staying power in the face of technological advancements"--Provided by publisher.

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Fool's gold : why the Internet is no substitute for a library / Mark Y. Herring.

By: Herring, Mark Youngblood, 1952-.

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