TY - BOOK ID - 169843 TI - Civic space / cyberspace : the American public library in the information age AU - Molz, Redmond Kathleen AU - Dain, Phyllis PY - 1999 SN - 0262133466 9780262280105 0585088543 9780585088549 0262280108 9780262632225 9780262133463 0262632225 PB - Cambridge (Mass.) : MIT press, DB - UniCat KW - Documentation and information KW - United States KW - Libraries KW - Public libraries KW - Special collections KW - Computer network resources. KW - Computer network protocols KW - INFORMATION SCIENCE/Technology & Policy KW - Documentation KW - Public institutions KW - Librarians KW - United States of America UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:169843 AB - In Civic Space/Cyberspace Redmond Kathleen Molz and Phyllis Dain assess the current condition and direction of the American public library. They consider the challenges and opportunities presented by new electronic technologies, changing public policy, fiscal realities, and cultural trends. They draw on site visits and interviews conducted across the country; extensive reading of reports, surveys, and other documents; and their long-standing interest in the library's place in the social and civic structure. The book uniquely combines a scholarly, humanistic, and historical approach to public libraries with a clear-eyed look at their problems and prospects, including their role in the emerging national information infrastructure. ER -