The case for books
Subtitle: past, present, future
By: Robert Darnton.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781586488260
Subjects: Google Library Project; Books -- Social aspects; Books -- History; Books and reading; Communication in learning and scholarship -- Technological innovations; Research libraries -- Forecasting; Scholarly electronic publishing; Library materials -- Digitization
Description: "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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-208) and index.
Table of contents: title: Google and the future of books; title: The information landscape; title: The future of libraries; title: Lost and found in cyberspace; title: E-books and old books; title: Gutenberg-e; title: Open access; title: A paean to paper; title: The importance of being bibliographical; title: The mysteries of reading; title: The history of book.