Document (#20987)

Author

Billington, J.H.

Title

American public libraries in the information age : constant purpose in changing times

Source

Libraries and culture. 33(1998) no.1, S.11-16

Year

1998

Abstract

Suggests that the public library system in America is unique among nations for universal accessibility and openness to knowledge at community level. Suggests 4 features are distinctive: continuous expansion of the body of knowledge; knowledge accessibility in a free society; libraries as 'temples of pluralism', and simultaneously a unifying force in communal relations. Ideals are threatened by the information flood generated by new technology, with its repercussions on the communal functions of libraries. The Library of Congress's National Digital Library aims at a leadership role in the new electronic environment

Footnote

Special issue of this journal devoted to the proceedings of an international conference on the History of Reading and Libraries in the USA and Russia, held in Vologda, Russia, in Jun 1996, and organised by the IFLA Roundtables on Library History and Research in Reading

Theme

Informationsdienstleistungen
Vision

Location

USA

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