Document (#7006)

Author

Lancaster, F.W.

Title

Librarians, technology and mediocrity

Source

Opportunity 2000: understanding and serving users in an electronic library; 15th Int. Symp., 12.-15.10.1992; Festschrift in honour of Herbert S. White. Ed.: A.H. Helal

Imprint

Essen : Universitätsbibliothek

Year

1993

Pages

S.99-113

Series

Veröffentlichungen der Universitätsbibliothek Essen; 15

Abstract

Two years ago the author gave a keynote talk at the Essen Symposium that suggested that technology has lulled librarians into a false sense of security and that there is no real evidence that the increasing use of technology has improved library services at all. This talk carries this theme one stage further, suggesting that technology may actually encourage mediocrity in library and information services

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