Myth of the Electronic Library: Librarianship and Social Change in America

From the Publisher: Librarians create myths to explain themselves to society and to generate support for their profession. Confronted with social change, there are two contending myths: the myth of the library as place, and the myth of the electronic library which is promulgated as the new vision for the information age. This book challenges the assumptions and values of the myth of the electronic library in an attempt to encourage librarians to assess their profession in a time of social change.