Magic and hypersystems : constructing the information-sharing library /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Billings, Harold, 1931-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : American Library Association, 2002.
Subjects:	Library science > Technological innovations. Library information networks. Library cooperation. Information technology. Collection development (Libraries) Research libraries > Automation.

Table of Contents:

Magic and hypersystems : a new orderliness for libraries
Governing library networks: the quick and the dead for the 1990's
The bionic library
Supping with the devil : new library alliances in the information age
The information ark : selection issues in the preservation process
The tomorrow librarian
Library collections and distance information : new models of collection development for the 21st century
Libraries, language, and change : defining the information present
Special collections : still special after all these years
Shared collection building : constructing the 21st century relational research library
Giving up prophecy : the future of information cooperation.