Net Effects
New Book Discusses How Librarians Can Manage
the Unintended Consequences of the Internet
Advance Praise for Net Effects …
“From resource selection to training problems, the Internet has
brought about many challenges for the
information professional. In Net Effects, Marylaine Block provides a lifeline
for librarians. Outstanding!”
— Gary Price
ResourceShelf.Com
Co-author, The Invisible Web
“Net Effects is a solution-oriented resource that will help librarians
get out of the position of working to
keep up with the Web, and into the position of getting the Web to work for
us.”
— Carrie Bickner
The Rogue Librarian
www.roguelibrarian.com
“Few texts aim at solving real problems facing the information
professional today. Marylaine Block has done an extensive and exhaustive
job. I highly recommend this book.”
— Steven M. Cohen
Creator/Webmaster
www.librarystuff.net |
September 2, 2003, Medford, New Jersey—Information Today, Inc. (ITI)
announces the publication of Net Effects: How Librarians Can Manage the Unintended
Consequences of the Internet, edited by Marylaine Block.
Today, the Net is challenging librarians’ ability to select information
sources, threatening the survival of the book, necessitating continuous retraining,
presenting new problems of access and preservation, putting new demands on
budgets, and embroiling information professionals in legal controversies. In
the new book, librarian, journalist, and Internet guru Block examines the issues
and brings together a wealth of insights, war stories, and solutions.
Net Effects features nearly 50 articles by dozens of imaginative librarians—expertly
selected, annotated, and integrated by the editor—that suggest practical
and creative ways to deal with the range of Internet “side effects,” regain
control of the library, and avoid being blindsided by technology again.
“Problems are simply opportunities in disguise, and we librarians have
plunged enthusiastically, even joyfully, into solving them,” Block said. “Net
Effects is an anthology of some of our solutions … You can read it straight
through, or dip into it to see how libraries are dealing with the issue that’s
bothering you.”
Editor Marylaine Block was a librarian at St. Ambrose University for 22 years
and will always be a librarian at heart. She now works full time as a writer,
speaker, and Internet trainer. Block has written for Searcher, Library Journal,
American Libraries, Yahoo! Internet Life, and Fox News Online. She writes
two weekly e-zines serving the library community, including the popular ExLibris,
where she discusses such issues as censorship, online searching, and library
Web site design.
Net Effects: How Librarians Can Manage the Unintended Consequences
of the Internet (380pp/hardbound/ISBN 1-57387-171-0/$39.50)
is published by Information Today, Inc. It is available
by calling the publisher at (800) 300-9868 [outside
the U.S. call (609) 654-6266]; faxing (609) 654-4309;
e-mailing custserv@infotoday.com;
or logging on to the ITI Web site at www.infotoday.com.
Net Effects
How Librarians Can Manage the Unintended Consequences
of the Internet
Edited by Marylaine Block
The Internet is a mixed blessing for libraries and
librarians. On the one hand, it provides opportunities
to add services and expand collections; on the other,
it has increased user expectations and contributed to
techno stress. Today, the Net is challenging librarians’
ability to select, threatening the survival of the book,
necessitating continuous retraining, presenting new
problems of access and preservation, putting new demands
on budgets, and embroiling information professionals
in legal controversies. In Net Effects, librarian, journalist,
and Internet guru Marylaine Block examines the issues
and brings together a wealth of insights, war stories,
and solutions. Almost 50 articles by dozens of imaginative
librarians—expertly selected, annotated, and integrated
by the editor—suggest practical and creative ways
to deal with the range of Internet "side effects,"
regain control of the library, and avoid being blindsided
by technology again.
2003/380pp/hardbound
Net Effects
1-57387-171-0 $39.50
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