The importance of books, free access, and libraries as places—and the dangerous inadequacy of the information science paradigm Export

@article{citeulike:4920506, abstract = {Although libraries must continue to provide electronic resources, the distinctive strength of research libraries lies mainly in their ability to provide free access to preservable book collections that facilitate the understanding of lengthy textual works and that cannot be tapped into electronically from anywhere, at any time, by anyone.}, author = {Mann, Thomas}, citeulike-article-id = {4920506}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0099-1333(01)00214-2}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0099133301002142}, doi = {10.1016/S0099-1333(01)00214-2}, issn = {00991333}, journal = {The Journal of Academic Librarianship}, keywords = {collection\_management, electronic\_resources, reader\_services}, month = {July}, number = {4}, pages = {268--281}, posted-at = {2009-06-21 21:59:48}, priority = {0}, title = {The importance of books, free access, and libraries as places—and the dangerous inadequacy of the information science paradigm}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0099-1333(01)00214-2}, volume = {27}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4920506 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4920506 N2 - Although libraries must continue to provide electronic resources, the distinctive strength of research libraries lies mainly in their ability to provide free access to preservable book collections that facilitate the understanding of lengthy textual works and that cannot be tapped into electronically from anywhere, at any time, by anyone. IS - 4 JF - The Journal of Academic Librarianship SN - 00991333 EP - 281 TI - The importance of books, free access, and libraries as places—and the dangerous inadequacy of the information science paradigm VL - 27 SP - 268 KW - collection_management KW - electronic_resources KW - reader_services AU - Mann, Thomas PY - 2001/07// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0099-1333(01)00214-2 ER -