The book undertakes a comprehensive look at the trend of information explosion in library science throughout the ages with the aid of technology, and the contemporary tools in the field. The trend of library policy is clearly towards the ideal of making all information available without delay to all people. Because of technological progress, however, the difficulties of accomplishing this goal is formidable and growing. On the one hand, while the speed of access to information has increased, libraries must also grapple with the rapidly growing costs involved in maintaining information. The book undertakes and incisive look at these issues too, seeking to understand how technology handles them.
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