The future of cataloguing in the electronic age

Gorman, Michael

Bollettino AIB 1998 38 (2)148-149
(ReLIS:jul:rkgani:y:1998:v:38:i:2:p:148-149)

Abstract:

We cannot answer the question 'What is the future of cataloguing and cataloguers?' until we answer the question 'What is the future of libraries?'. We cannot answer that question until we answer 'What is the future of reading, literacy, and learning?', which, in turn, depends on the answer to «What is the future of society and of our civilization?'. There are many negative trends and influences in the world, many developments that threaten society and civilization. We have the means to counter them, though, in the human spirit, human ideals and values, human realities and capabilities, and in education buttressed by an understanding of history. The truth can make us free and we can find truth within ourselves, our profession, and communities.

Keywords: Catalogación ; Futuro ; Sociedad de la información ; Internet ; Documentos electrónicos
Pages: 148-149
Volume: 38
Year: 1998
Issue: 2

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