Last One Out Turn Off the Lights: Is This the Future of American and Canadian Libraries?

by Susan E. Cleyle (Editor), Louise M. McGillis

Libraries in the United States and Canada are facing similar challenges to their futures. Editors Susan Cleyle and Louise McGillis have pulled together an impressive list of contributors to look at the future of the profession and answer the question: is it time to turn off the lights and call it a day? Essays challenge the reader on five different topics: the Web, library as place, pushing to the desktop, certification, and the future of associations. Contributors were asked to think outside the box and take readers to places they may not have been before thus providing both LIS students and practicing librarians with innovative ways to position themselves to serve a future society that is information hungry.

248 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 2005

Reviews

[Alison · Rating 3 out of 5]

I skipped around in this book of essays a lot (yay research!) but there's a lot of interesting stuff about libraries adapting to new (well, new for 2005) technologies, both what is being done and what should be done.

[Angel · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got this one via a request from the main UH campus.

See my note on it:

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