Technology and the Post-Industrial Society: The Academic Library in the 1980s and Beyond.

Turock, Betty J.

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ERIC Number: EJ297021

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Publication Date: 1984

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Technology and the Post-Industrial Society: The Academic Library in the 1980s and Beyond.

Turock, Betty J.

Catholic Library World, v55 n7 p298-304 Feb 1984

Summarizes status of academic libraries at beginning of 1980s in relationship to changes in broader society and technologies powering new communication networks (computers, video, teletext and videotex); outlines strategies for educating future library professionals; and forecasts how technologies might impact academic library beyond present decade. Twenty-nine references are cited. (EJS)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Decentralization, Financial Support, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Library Automation, Library Networks, Library Services, Prediction, Technological Advancement, Telecommunications, Videotex

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Paper presented at Annual Convention of the Catholic Library Association (62nd, Washington, DC, April 4-7, 1983).