Main entry:

Musmann, Klaus.

Title & Author:

Technological innovations in libraries, 1860-1960 : an anecdotal history / Klaus Musmann.

Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1993.

Description:

xv, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Contributions in librarianship and information science, 0084-9243 ; no. 73

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-225) and index.
1. Technological Innovations: An Introduction -- 2. Librarians in an Age of Technological Change -- 3. The Physical Environment of the Library: Lighting, Ventilation, and the Spread of Disease -- 4. The Streamlining of Library Processes: Appliances, Contrivances, and Gadgets -- 5. Photographic Processes in the Library: Data Storage for the Technological Age -- 6. New Communications Devices and the Library: The Telephone, the Phonograph, and the Typewriter -- 7. The Library and the Radio -- 8. Motion Pictures, Television, and the Library -- 9. The Future of the Library and Its Technology: Visions from the Past.

Summary:

This book chronicles the attitudes of librarians toward technological innovations that took place between 1860 and 1960. These years saw the invention and subsequent diffusion of electricity, photography, the telephone, the phonograph, motion pictures,the radio, and television. Many of these inventions had a profound impact on society. Some were adopted by librarians and had an equally significant influence on library services, while others faded away at an early stage and now rest peacefully buried in archives. This monograph records the attempts of a few librarians to integrate a number of technological innovations into the library environment and to project their possible future applications. Their education and experience often did not prepare them for a time of rapid change, yet, in spite of these shortcomings, both libraries and the profession managed to survive rather well the onslaught of technology.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0313280150 (alk. paper)
9780313280153 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Library fittings and supplies United States History 19th century.
Library fittings and supplies United States History 20th century.
Libraries Technological innovations United States History 19th century.
Libraries Technological innovations United States History 20th century.
Bibliothèques Appareils et matériel États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Bibliothèques Appareils et matériel États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Bibliothèques Innovations États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Bibliothèques Innovations États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Libraries Technological innovations.
Library fittings and supplies.
Bibliothek
Technische Innovation
Bibliotheken.
Inrichting.
Apparatuur.
Bibliothèques États-Unis Innovations Histoire.
Bibliothèques Appareils et matériel Histoire.
Geschichte (1860-1960)
United States.
Libraries Technological innovations History 19th century United States
Libraries Technological innovations History 20th century United States
Library Science and Publishing
Library fittings and supplies History 19th century United States
Library fittings and supplies History 20th century United States

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Contributions in librarianship and information science ; no. 73.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 180357
Call No.: ID Z684.M88; ID:98-B758
Status: Available