Future Libraries: Dreams, Madness and Reality | 
 enlarge | Author: Walt Crawford
Publisher: American Library Association
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 810567
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 212
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.5
ISBN: 0838906478
Dewey Decimal Number: 025.00285
EAN: 9780838906477
ASIN: 0838906478
Publication Date: January 1, 1995
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"Get this book. Read it. Get copies for your board, your administration, and all the other stakeholders in your library... Reach for Future Libraries when they say you don't need staff, space, or collections...that the virtual library will do it all for less...a valuable antidote to the flood of hyperbole about libraries without walls, electronic texts and virtual collections". -- Journal of Academic Libraries "(A) joy to read...a view of a continuing future in which librarians...play an important role in providing service to people, enhancing access to knowledge and understanding, and defending key ethical concerns". -- Wilson Library Bulletin
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 fighting the good fight January 1, 2002
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Crawford & Gorman's book has been nothing but an
inspiration to me. I am an LIS graduate student
and these two librarians are heroes.
They utterly DEMOLISH the feasiblity/desirability
of "All digital libraries" and make solid arguements
for real, existing libraries.These guys simply just ROCK.
Read William F. Birdsall also, to get a Cannuck
perspective on the same issue. I dislike Crawford's non-sequitors about
"socialism" but beyond that, every
progressive librarian should read them LONG LIVE LIBRARIANSHIP!
 Not to be taken too seriously July 24, 2000
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
The subtitle of this book gives you an idea of its tone - overdramatic to the point of silliness. It's hard to take Crawford and Gorman's points seriously amid references to straw men such as 'technojunkies,' 'enemies of the library' and 'suicidal librarians.' The authors do make some intriguing arguments to defend their sensible (if conservative) view of libraries of the future, though their style of writing makes them seem more reactionary than they actually are. I found aspects of this book interesting and useful, but it's far from the best book I've read on the subject.
Best Library Book of the decade January 22, 2000
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
What they didn't teach you in school. Clear thoughs on the future of libraries, rather than hype and blue sky. If you only read one book on libraries, read this one or his newest, Being Analog. If you haven't read either, you are not well informed on the subject. Hint: Professors from Schools of Information Science hate them.
 boring, pedantic, whiney, a waste of time and money September 17, 1999
9 out of 30 found this review helpful
Crawford and Gorman. Gorman and Crawford. Two minds are usually better than one, but in this case, all that is amplified are biases and egos. Contrary to their self-inflated view of themselves, their whiney opinions have zero impact on library practices or the future of libraries.Sure sure, Crawford, for example, works for the RLG; and Gorman, well, Gorman is Gorman, so his opinions and thoughts must be worth paying attention to. Puhleeze.... Gorman and Crawford. Crawford and Gorman. Kind of like Laurel and Hardy. Only not as intelligent, amusing, or insightful.
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