| All That Glitters: Prospecting for Information in the Changing Library World Contributor(s): Vincent, Steven (Editor), Norman, Sue K. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0762306025 ISBN-13: 9780762306022 Publisher: Jai Press Inc. OUR PRICE: $183.34 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1999 Annotation: The impetus for this book on evaluation in the library context sprang from a poster session presented at the 1997 American Library Association Conference in San Francisco. Entitled, "Siren Song: The Lure of Technology and the Betrayal of Reality," the poster session focussed on teaching the need to evaluate information found on the Internet.
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | System Administration - Storage & Retrieval - Language Arts & Disciplines | Library & Information Science - General - Social Science |
| Dewey: 025.040 |
| LCCN: 99047314 |
| Series: Foundations in Library and Information Science |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.03 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The impetus for this book on evaluation in the library context sprang from a poster session presented at the 1997 American Library Association Conference in San Francisco. Entitled, Siren Song: The Lure of Technology and the Betrayal of Reality, the poster session focussed on teaching the need to evaluate information found on the Internet. This book affords us the opportunity to call upon several of the pioneers in Web source evaluation. The result is this collection of contributions from individuals who present their best thinking on the subject. |