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Woodward, Jeannette A.

The transformed library : e-books, expertise, and evolution / Jeannette Woodward. - Chicago : ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2013. - xiii, 131 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gutenberg meets Kindle : the arrival of digital books -- Libraries vs. e-publishers : the library's point of view -- The age of high anxiety : threats that fuel library nightmares -- The library in cyberspace -- Will the coffee shop save us? : the library as place -- Library careers that won't go away -- Survival strategies for public libraries -- Survival strategies for academic libraries -- Survival strategies for school libraries.

ISBN: 9780838911648

LCCN: 2012023767

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Libraries--Aims and objectives.
Libraries--Forecasting.
Libraries and electronic publishing.
Libraries--Information technology.
Libraries and the Internet.
Librarians--Effect of technological innovations on.
Library science--Philosophy.
Libraries and society.

LC Class. No.: Z678 / W675 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 020