The case for books : past, present, and future / Robert Darnton.

By: Darnton, RobertMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : PublicAffairs, c2009Description: xxx, 219 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 9781586489021 (pbk.)Subject(s): Books -- Social aspects | Books -- History | Books and reading | Communication in learning and scholarship -- Technological innovations | Research libraries -- Forecasting | Scholarly electronic publishing | Library materials -- Digitization | Google Library ProjectDDC classification: 002/.09 LOC classification: Z116.A2 | D37 2009
Contents:
Google and the future of books -- The information landscape -- The future of libraries -- Lost and found in cyberspace -- E-books and old books -- Gutenberg-e -- Open access -- A paean to paper -- The importance of being bibliographical -- The mysteries of reading -- What is the history of books?
Review: "In The Case for Books, Robert Darnton offers an in-depth examination of the book from its earliest beginnings to its shifting role today in popular culture, commerce, and the academy. In a lasting collection drawn from previously published and new work alike, Robert Darnton lends unique authority to the life and role of the book in society. The resulting book is a wise work of scholarship - one that requires readers to carefully consider how the digital revolution will broadly affect the marketplace of ideas."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-208) and index.

Google and the future of books -- The information landscape -- The future of libraries -- Lost and found in cyberspace -- E-books and old books -- Gutenberg-e -- Open access -- A paean to paper -- The importance of being bibliographical -- The mysteries of reading -- What is the history of books?

"In The Case for Books, Robert Darnton offers an in-depth examination of the book from its earliest beginnings to its shifting role today in popular culture, commerce, and the academy. In a lasting collection drawn from previously published and new work alike, Robert Darnton lends unique authority to the life and role of the book in society. The resulting book is a wise work of scholarship - one that requires readers to carefully consider how the digital revolution will broadly affect the marketplace of ideas."--BOOK JACKET.

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