In 1852, Joshua Bates wanted to help the city of Boston start the first major public library in the world. Bates, a businessman and civic-minded citizen, had a few conditions in mind. The library, he wrote, ought "to be an ornament to the city." It should have a capacious reading room , one that could accommodate 100 to 150 readers at a time. And most important, the library was to be "perfectly free to all." If the trustees of this new institution agreed with the conditions set forth in his letter, Bates was happy to provide $50,000 to buy the books.
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Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google
by John Palfrey
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Libraries today are more important than ever. More than just book repositories, libraries can become bulwarks against some of the most crucial challenges of our age: unequal access to education, jobs, and information.
In BiblioTech, educator and technology expert John Palfrey argues that anyone seeking to participate in the 21st century needs to understand how to find and use the vast stores of information available online. And libraries, which play a crucial role in making these skills and information available, are at risk. In order to survive our rapidly modernizing world and dwindling government funding, libraries must make the transition to a digital future as soon as possible—by digitizing print material and ensuring that born-digital material is publicly available online.
Not all of these changes will be easy for libraries to implement. But as Palfrey boldly argues, these modifications are vital if we hope to save libraries and, through them, the American democratic ideal. Publisher
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effect of technological innovations, Libraries, Forecasting, Library information networks, Effect of technological innovations on, Digital preservation, Librarians, Library users, Libraries and the Internet, Libraries and electronic publishing, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES, Library & Information Science, General, Social aspects, Digitalisierung, Prognose, Amerika Haus Berlin Video Lending Library, Amerika Haus Berlin, Libraries, united states| Edition | Availability |
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BiblioTech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google
May 5, 2015, Basic Books, Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
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