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The World Wide Web has now been in use for more than 20 years. From early browsers to today's principal source of information, entertainment and much else, the Web is an integral part of our daily lives, to the extent that some people believe 'if it's not online, it doesn't exist.' While this statement is not entirely true, it is becoming increasingly accurate, and reflects the Web's role as an indispensable treasure trove. It is curious, therefore, that historians and social scientists have thus far made little use of the Web to investigate historical patterns of culture and society, despite.

Web archiving. --- Web archives. --- History --- Archivage Internet. --- Archives Internet. --- Histoire --- Methodology. --- Méthodologie. --- Historiography --- Internet archiving --- Digital preservation --- Internet archives --- Web site archives --- Web sites archives --- World Wide Web archives --- Archives --- Digital libraries

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This book assembles opinion pieces, forecasts, strategy options, and case studies from leading worldwide politicians, academics, educators, authors, publishers, captains of industry, senior public sector workers, library directors, IT gurus and other key players in the field of information provision who discuss their views on the hypothesis surrounding the end of libraries and the death of books. The contributions are analyzed and summarized to create a rich picture of current trends and likely futures for libraries of all types, with digital options discussed in detail. This book: Focuses on the key issue facing library and information services for the foreseeable future ; Takes a much broader view by asking a wide range of key people and representative stakeholders and user groups for their view of the future of libraries of all kinds ; Presents a comprehensive analysis of likely directions and options for libraries, library managers, and users ; Includes a route map for the future ; Builds on the successful approaches adopted in A Handbook of Digital Library Economics and Libraries and Society.

Documentation and information --- Libraries. --- Digital age. --- Libraries --- Digital libraries. --- Library science. --- Information science. --- Forecasting. --- Communication --- Information literacy --- Library science --- Librarianship --- Library economy --- Bibliography --- Documentation --- Information science --- Digital curation --- Digital media collections --- Digital media libraries --- Digital repositories --- Electronic libraries --- Electronic publication collections --- Electronic publication libraries --- Electronic text collections --- Repositories, Digital --- Virtual libraries --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Web archives --- Public institutions --- Librarians --- Philosophy.

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Digital libraries --- Library administration --- Digital libraries. --- Library administration. --- Libraries --- Library management --- Management --- Digital curation --- Digital media collections --- Digital media libraries --- Digital repositories --- Electronic libraries --- Electronic publication collections --- Electronic publication libraries --- Electronic text collections --- Repositories, Digital --- Virtual libraries --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Web archives --- Administration --- Organization