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Inventing the Future Information Services for a New Millennium
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Stan A. Hannah, Michael H. Harris
Book Code: ABP4515
ISBN: 1-56750-451-5
ISBN-13: 978-1-56750-451-4
Ablex Publishing
Publication: 1/6/2000
List Price: $34.95 (UK Sterling Price: £19.95)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Paperback
Also Available: Hardcover
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  • The book is highly readable, and it pulls no punches when it describes what librarians need to do to survive...For libraries starting to deal with change, this book is required reading...raises issues that libarians might not be comfortable addressing.
    —College & Research Libraries
Description: Inventing the Future: Information services for a New Millenium is a sequel to Harris and Hannah's 1998 book Into the Future. In this book they move beyond the rhetorical contests about the future of the library and turn their attention to the more prosaic but vital task of managing our ever more complex and constantly changing libraries. The pages in this book present a blueprint that will guide us in the re-visioning of library and information services, allowing us to remain true to our inherited legacy while looking insistently for innovative and effective ways of "inventing"our future.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The Alexandrian Library Burnt Again
  • Paradise Lost or Paradigm Found?
  • Crossing the Postindustrial Divide
  • Organizing for Change: The Need for the Learning Organization
  • Envisioning the Future: The Need for a Shared Vision
  • The Need for a Shared Vision
  • Libraries and the Monumental Weight of History: Old Visions, New Challenges
  • Toward the Information Future: Libraries as Knowledge Bases
  • The New Alexandrian Library: Libraries and Information Management
  • References
  • Author Index
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