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Libraries, the Internet and Scholarship: Tools and Trends Converging.(Book Review)

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| September 22, 2005 | Anders, Kelly Lynn | COPYRIGHT 2003 University of Texas at Austin (University of Texas Press). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Libraries, the Internet, and Scholarship: Tools and Trends Converging. Edited by Charles F. Thomas. New York and Basel: Marcel Dekker, 2002. xiv, 217 pp. $99.75. ISBN 0-8247-0772-9.

The idea of creating a single work to describe, analyze, and provide solutions for the multitude of challenges related to just what it means to become a "digital library" would be such an arduous undertaking that it would cause Hercules himself to shake his head in frustration. As editor Charles F. Thomas acknowledges, "Research libraries are in the midst of an identity crisis," stemming in great part from internal and external expectations to become more digital (iii). The million-dollar…

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