Fool's gold : why the Internet is no substitute for a library

This work skeptically explores the notion that the internet will soon obviate any need for traditional print-based academic libraries. It makes a case for the library's staying power in the face of technological advancements (television, microfilm, and CD-ROM's were all once predicted as the contemporary library's heir-apparent), and devotes individual chapters to the pitfalls and prevarications of popular search engines, e-books, and the mass digitization of traditional print material.

Preface -- Introduction -- 1: Caught in the Web -- 2: Forget the needle; can you just tell me which haystack? -- 3: Weare18_com -- 4: Footnotes? who needs them! -- 5: Google uber alles -- 6: E-books to the rescue! -- 7: Paperless revolution is complete! -- 8: Mile wide and a mind-numbing inch deep -- 9: Endgame: quo vadis? -- Chapter notes -- Index.

Caught in the Web -- Forget the needle. Can you just tell me which haystack? -- Weare18.com -- Footnotes? who needs them! -- Google über alles -- E-books to the rescue! -- The paperless revolution is complete! -- A mile wide and a mind-numbing inch deep -- The endgame : quo vadis?