Bibliotech, John Palfrey
Bibliotech, John Palfrey
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Bibliotech
Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google

Author: John Palfrey

Narrator: Tom Zingarelli

Unabridged: 5 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/25/2015


Synopsis

Libraries today are more important than ever. More than just book repositories, libraries can become bulwarks against some of the most crucial challenges of our age: unequal access to education, jobs, and information.

In BiblioTech, educator and technology expert John Palfrey argues that anyone seeking to participate in the 21st century needs to understand how to find and use the vast stores of information available online. And libraries, which play a crucial role in making these skills and information available, are at risk. In order to survive our rapidly modernizing world and dwindling government funding, libraries must make the transition to a digital future as soon as possible—by digitizing print material and ensuring that born-digital material is publicly available online.

Not all of these changes will be easy for libraries to implement. But as Palfrey boldly argues, these modifications are vital if we hope to save libraries and, through them, the American democratic ideal.

About John Palfrey

John Palfrey is the author or coauthor of several books, including Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives, Intellectual Property Strategy, and Interop: The Promise and Perils of Highly Interconnected Systems. He is Head of School at Phillips Andover Academy. He also led the effort to reorganize the Harvard Law School Library and is the founding chairman of the Digital Public Library of America. John lives in Andover, Massachusetts.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Marcela

This could have been a much better book. Ultimately, I didn't know who the intended audience was. Was it a book intended to inspire librarians with all the new and exciting pathways they can and should continue to develop in their libraries? Okay, then perhaps include case studies, illustrating espec......more

Goodreads review by TK421

An insightful, thought-provoking, and intelligent rallying cry for all who either work, love, or have an interest in the future of libraries. HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION......more

Goodreads review by Darren

If you have more than a passing interest in reading books and have grown up knowing what a good library is, this is a book you should be looking at. If you haven’t, well, you need to discover what you are missing… Despite Google being infinitely more powerful and more responsive than a traditional li......more