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Boss, Richard W. – Library Journal, 1984
Overview of the impact of information technology on libraries highlights turnkey vendors, bibliographic utilities, commercial suppliers of records, state and regional networks, computer-to-computer linkages, remote database searching, terminals and microcomputers, building local databases, delivery of information, digital telefacsimile,…
Descriptors: Databases, Display Systems, Information Networks, Information Retrieval
De Gennaro, Richard – Library Journal, 1982
Reviews predictions from the 60s and 70s on the demise of the library in the age of electronic information technology, surveys the present situation of libraries within society, considers questions pertaining to libraries and librarians in the future, and discusses the impact of new information services and systems on library functions. (JL)
Descriptors: Business, Fees, Futures (of Society), Information Retrieval
Schiller, Anita – Library Journal, 1981
Social interest in information as a shared resource is diminishing, while proprietary interest in information as a profitable resource increases. Technological advancement in information processing and services, considerations of cost recovery by public agencies, and opportunities for commercial profit are blurring distinctions between the public…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Business, Information Processing, Information Retrieval
