Library Trends articles from June 1997

Library Trends archives from June 1997

The Benton Report as research.(Buildings, Books, and Bytes: Perspectives on the Benton Foundation Report on Libraries in the Digital Age)
June 22, 1997... INTRODUCTION The report Buildings, Books, and Bytes (Benton Foundation, 1996) presented ideas about the role and function of public libraries in a period during which digital information is becoming increasingly important, with a...

How firm a foundation?(Buildings, Books, and Bytes: Perspectives on the Benton Foundation Report on Libraries in the Digital Age)
June 22, 1997... INTRODUCTION The advent of a new medium of communication is often seen as a threat to public libraries--as competition for the customer base of public libraries that will result in a decline in their use. This concern was expressed...

Living and dying with "information": comments on the report 'Buildings, Books, and Bytes.'(Buildings, Books, and Bytes: Perspectives on the Benton Foundation Report on Libraries in the Digital Age)
June 22, 1997... Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus--Horace INTRODUCTION The worthy Benton Foundation, funded by the equally worthy Kellogg Foundation, has produced a report on the future of libraries (not explicitly restricted to public...

Creating a future for public libraries: diverse strategies for a diverse nation.(Buildings, Books, and Bytes: Perspectives on the Benton Foundation Report on Libraries in the Digital Age)
June 22, 1997... INTRODUCTION The release of the report Buildings, Books, and Bytes: Libraries and Communities in the Digital Age (Benson Foundation, 1996) has brought increased attention to issues related to the role of public libraries in the...

A "new deal" for libraries in the digital age?(Buildings, Books, and Bytes: Perspectives on the Benton Foundation Report on Libraries in the Digital Age)
June 22, 1997... INTRODUCTION Social institutions with long continuity of essential structure and with professionally organized personnel are sensitive to the values of tradition and tend to stress awareness of the past. They serve as...

The public library in the future: a British reaction to 'Buildings, Books and Bytes.'(Buildings, Books, and Bytes: Perspectives on the Benton Foundation Report on Libraries in the Digital Age)
June 22, 1997... THE BRITISH CONTEXT The library situations in the United States and Europe have many features in common, but there are also significant differences, due partly to tradition and partly to different political situations and ideologies....

Who will lead the unsuspecting lemmings over the cliff?(Buildings, Books, and Bytes: Perspectives on the Benton Foundation Report on Libraries in the Digital Age)
June 22, 1997... A study examining the prospects for our profession's future as we prepare for the next millennium is certainly welcome and very much needed, particularly when it is undertaken by the prestigious Benton Foundation and funded by the W. K...

Balancing buildings, books, bytes, and bucks: steps to secure the public library future in the Internet age.(Buildings, Books, and Bytes: Perspectives on the Benton Foundation Report on Libraries in the Digital Age)
June 22, 1997... A FRAMEWORK FOR THE CRITIQUE Two quotations frame my approach to this article, an invited critique of the Benton Foundation's (1996) Buildings, Books, and Bytes: Libraries and Communities in the Digital Age. The first is from...

The search for new metaphors.(Buildings, Books, and Bytes: Perspectives on the Benton Foundation Report on Libraries in the Digital Age)
June 22, 1997... INTRODUCTION The Benton Report (1996) provides the basis for discussion about the future role of librarians and libraries in the United States of America but characterizes our sociopolitical milieu as "an age of anxiety" (Benton...

Creating library services with wow! Staying slightly ahead of the curve.(Buildings, Books, and Bytes: Perspectives on the Benton Foundation Report on Libraries in the Digital Age)
June 22, 1997... INTRODUCTION The next generation public library must re-create the excitement and passion for libraries, personal enrichment, and curiosity for learning that characterized the public library of the early twentieth century. The most...

Silicon dreams and silicon bricks: the continuing evolution of libraries.(Buildings, Books, and Bytes: Perspectives on the Benton Foundation Report on Libraries in the Digital Age)
June 22, 1997... INTRODUCTION Communication and computing technologies are leading to "a mixture of excitement, nervous anxiety, and paranoia" among librarians (Young, 1996, p. 103). It is widely expected that substantial changes are imminent. The...

The Benton Report: a response.(Buildings, Books, and Bytes: Perspectives on the Benton Foundation Report on Libraries in the Digital Age)
June 22, 1997... INTRODUCTION These Library Trends articles approach the Benton Report from a variety of useful perspectives. Most critical are those which find fault with the research methodology or research questions. The study has its limits. It...

Buildings, books, and bytes: libraries and communities in the digital age.(Buildings, Books, and Bytes: Perspectives on the Benton Foundation Report on Libraries in the Digital Age)
June 22, 1997... Funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and prepared by the Benton Foundation, this study was prompted by the Kellogg Foundation's desire to inform its Human Resources for Information Systems Management (HRISM) grantees about where the public...