02983oam 2200625Ma 450 991077888800332120190503073310.00-262-28010-80-585-08854-3(CKB)111004366632110(SSID)ssj0000122698(PQKBManifestationID)11140014(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122698(PQKBWorkID)10131508(PQKB)10100564(CaBNVSL)mat06267416(IDAMS)0b000064818b4410(IEEE)6267416(WaSeSS)Ind00065693(OCoLC)42856277(OCoLC)47887543(OCoLC)179149917(OCoLC)243510862(OCoLC)243510863(OCoLC)488704252(OCoLC)532440869(OCoLC)614739334(OCoLC)646708923(OCoLC)727990288(OCoLC)827009793(OCoLC)888575856(OCoLC)923250242(OCoLC)961603940(OCoLC)961634341(OCoLC)962570348(OCoLC)962595487(OCoLC-P)42856277(MaCbMITP)1854(Au-PeEL)EBL3338458(CaPaEBR)ebr10015356(OCoLC)923250242(MiAaPQ)EBC3338458(PPN)258972165(EXLCZ)9911100436663211019980312d1999 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCivic space/cyberspace the American public library in the information age /Redmond Kathleen Molz and Phyllis DainCambridge, Mass. MIT Press1999xii, 259 pBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-262-13346-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.In Civic Space/Cyberspace Redmond Kathleen Molz and Phyllis Dain assess the current condition and direction of the American public library. They consider the challenges and opportunities presented by new electronic technologies, changing public policy, fiscal realities, and cultural trends. They draw on site visits and interviews conducted across the country; extensive reading of reports, surveys, and other documents; and their long-standing interest in the library's place in the social and civic structure. The book uniquely combines a scholarly, humanistic, and historical approach to public libraries with a clear-eyed look at their problems and prospects, including their role in the emerging national information infrastructure.Public librariesUnited StatesLibrariesUnited StatesSpecial collectionsComputer network resourcesINFORMATION SCIENCE/Technology & PolicyPublic librariesLibrariesSpecial collectionsComputer network resources.027.473Molz Redmond Kathleen1928-1475884Dain Phyllis1475885OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910778888003321Civic space3690268UNINA