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Title:

Last one out turn off the lights : is this the future of American and Canadian libraries? / edited by Susan E. Cleyle, Louise M. McGillis.

Publisher:

Scarecrow Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xix, 227 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Internet in library reference services--United States.
Internet in library reference services--Canada.
Reference services (Libraries)--Forecasting.
Internet searching--United States.
Internet searching--Canada.
Internet dans les services de référence (Bibliothèques)--États-Unis.
Internet dans les services de référence (Bibliothèques)--Canada.
Bibliothèques--Prévision.--Prévision.
Recherche sur Internet--États-Unis.
Recherche sur Internet--Canada.
Internet.
Bibliotheekvoorzieningen.
Inlichtingenwerk (dienstverlening)
Toekomstverwachtingen.

Other Authors:

Cleyle, Susan E., 1965-
McGillis, Louise M., 1963-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Introduction: change the lightbulb or flip the switch, our choice! / Susan E. Cleyle and Louise M. McGillis -- Part 1. The tug of war between libraries and the web: who will end up in the dirt? The microwave of the reference world / Irene McDermott -- Library prophets and library pornographers: some problems that arise when we talk about libraries and the web / Stephen Good -- The library blog: serving users and staying relevant / Amanda Etches-Johnson -- Part 2. Wake up and smell the coffee: how do we reinvent the library as place? "Real" university libraries don't have neon lights / Ruth E. Kifer -- A refuge and a sanctuary: Vancouver's Carnegie Library as civic space / Paul Whitney -- Public libraries and services to students: taking up the slack in the face of budget cuts / Pat Jobb -- Part 3. The end of the world as we know it: what are the consequences of pushing to the desktop? Being all that we can be: the web as both a threat and the means of our salvation / Roy Tennant -- The challenges of our success: consequences of pushing to the desktop / John Teskey -- All or nothing at all: the consequences of pushing electronic resources to the desktop / Melody Burton -- Part 4. From librarian to cybrarian: can certification redefine us? Post-master's certification: a case for responsive education / Ernie Ingles and Allison Sivak -- Door #1: Certification. Door #2: Not! Door #3: real solutions / Alison Nussbaumer -- The certification debate: will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance? / Barbara K. Stripling -- Part 5. Mixing the old with the new: how do library associations survive? Changing roles for library associations / Mary Ellen K. Davis and Helen H. Spalding -- Texas Library Association: a success story / Barry M. Bishop -- Lighting the way: can library associations shape our future? / Madeleine Lefebvre and Don Butcher -- I don't want to pay if I can't play: one new librarian's vision of library associations / Gillian Byrne.

ISBN:

9780810851924 (pbk. : alk. paper)
081085192X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2004020419

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

IAOX771 -- State Library of Iowa (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)