TY - BOOK AU - Billings,Harold TI - Magic & hypersystems: constructing the information-sharing library SN - 0838999603 AV - Z678.9 .B55 2002eb U1 - 021.6/5 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Chicago PB - American Library Association KW - Library science KW - Technological innovations KW - Library information networks KW - Library cooperation KW - Information technology KW - Collection development (Libraries) KW - Research libraries KW - Automation KW - Electronic data processing KW - Bibliothéconomie KW - Innovations KW - Réseaux de bibliothèques KW - Coopération entre bibliothèques KW - Technologie de l'information KW - Développement des collections (Bibliothèques) KW - Bibliothèques de recherche KW - Automatisation KW - information technology KW - aat KW - collection development KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES KW - Library & Information Science KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Bibliotheeksamenwerking KW - gtt KW - Informatievoorziening KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Libraries and other networked botanies -- Magic and hypersystems : a new orderliness for libraries -- Governing library networks: the quick and the dead for the 1990s -- The bionic library -- Supping with the devil : new library alliances in the information age -- The information ark : selection issues in the preservation process -- The tomorrow librarian -- Library collections and distance information : new models of collection development for the 21st century -- Libraries, language, and change : defining the information present -- Special collections : still special after all these years -- Shared collection building : constructing the 21st century relational research library -- Giving up prophecy : the future of information cooperation N2 - Taking a penetrating look at the history of information systems, from the past to the present and future, veteran librarian and digital network expert Harold Billings discusses the impact of the information revolution on libraries and information hubs worldwide. Tracing the seminal origins of the Web to the new, borderless access to information, Magic and Hypersystems is a powerful meditation on how libraries can not only fit into the digital information flow but also capitalize on their role in it. Billings connects the dots from sixteenth century knowledge organization—based on ''magic,'' im UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=83874 ER -