Document (#10061)

Author

Quinn, D.B.

Title

¬The information age : another giant step backward

Source

Journal of academic librarianship. 20(1994) no.3, S.134-135

Year

1994

Abstract

As libraries become repositories of computerized information, they follow the modern drift toward the quantification and, hence, the dehumanizing of knowledge and education. Because the computer excels at collecting, organizing, and 'accessing' facts and data, its devotees may be promoting artificial intelligence at the expense of human understanding

Theme

Vision

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