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02177aam a22003378i 4500 001 5B00A7188B8A11E6A6C758ADDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161006010101 008 160107s2016 abc b 000 0 eng 020 $a 177212124X 020 $a 9781772121247 035 $a (OCoLC)919683220 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c NLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d VP@ $d OCLCQ $d PAU $d LTSCA $d SILO 050 4 $a Z1003 C624 2016 100 1 $a Coady, Lynn, $d 1970- $e author. 245 10 $a Who needs books? : $b reading in the digital age / $c Lynn Coady. 263 $a 1602 264 1 $a Edmonton, Alberta : $b The University of Alberta Press, $c [2016] 300 $a xvii, 49 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a CLC Kreisel lecture series 500 $a Co-published by Canadian Literature Centre / Centre de litterature canadienne. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "What happens if we separate the idea of "the book" from the experience it has traditionally provided? Lynn Coady challenges book lovers addicted to the physical book to confront their darkest fears about the digital world and the future of reading. Is the all-pervasive Internet turning readers into web-surfing automatons and books themselves into museum pieces? The bogeyman of technological change has haunted humans ever since Plato warned about the dangers of the written word, and every generation is convinced its youth will bring about the end of civilization. In Who Needs Books?, Coady suggests that, even though digital advances have long been associated with the erosion of literacy, recent technologies have not debased our culture as much as they have simply changed the way we read."-- $c Provided by publisher. 530 $a Issued also in electronic format. 650 0 $a Books and reading $x Social aspects. $x Social aspects. 776 1 $a Coady, Lynn, 1970-, author. $t Who needs books?. $k Henry Kreisel lecture series $k Henry Kreisel lecture series $w (CaOONL)20159087775 830 0 $a Henry Kreisel lecture series. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170405034942.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5B00A7188B8A11E6A6C758ADDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search