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Gorman, Michael – Library Journal, 2001
Discusses information overload and society's and libraries' responses to technology. Considers eight values that libraries should focus on and how they relate to technology in libraries: democracy, stewardship, service, intellectual freedom, privacy, rationalism, equity of access, and building harmony and balance. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Democracy, Intellectual Freedom, Library Automation

Gorman, Michael – Information Technology and Libraries, 2001
Discusses technology and its effects on society and humans, particularly library and information technology. Highlights include the evolving history of technology; and values related to technology in libraries, including democracy, stewardship, service, intellectual freedom, privacy, literacy and learning, rationalism, and equity of access. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Democracy, Information Technology, Intellectual Freedom