The great digitization
Subtitle: and the quest to know everything
By: Lucien X. Polastron ; translated by Jon E. Graham
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Inner Traditions
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Rochester, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9781594772436
Subjects: Libraries; Books and reading; Forecasting; Books; Digitization; Communication in learning and scholarship; Technological innovations
Work titles: Grande numérisation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-174) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: finding information or funding a national library?; title: Bnf versus BNF; title: For Wells is not the plural of Orwell; title: Geneva : world capital; title: Quick, quick; title: Volutes; title: A digital coronary; title: When the book is too highly concentrated, the purpose it serves is easily forgotten; title: The pixel coming to paper's aid; title: Is this already the post-Google era?; title: But why the devil do we need libraries?; title: Concordant and discordant clues; title: The big picture; title: First trials; title: Burning stakes; title: Advent Eve; title: Muta solitudo; title: An all-horizons inventory; title: The future at the portal; title: Tomorrow's readers; title: Last books! Last books! Closing time!; title: Paper leaves by the door and comes back through the window; title: Library, arise!; title: Striped uniforms; title: Shrouds; title: Purse strings and police cordons; title: Smocks; title: Against the grain.