Future libraries: Dreams, madness, and reality

Cataloging in the 21st century—part 1: contextual issues

“…Lancaster, for example, describes it as "remarkably platudinous" [13] and short-sighted in its view of "new media as mere containers for old forms of communications" [14]. Dudley [15] calls the work "a fizzy piece of pamphleteering" and Henry [16] claims the authors' approach is reductive and irrational. Henry rightfully points out that the authors' rhetorical approach undercuts their thesis "in unfortunate ways, and also detracts from their essentially humane, compassionate, and expert understanding of librarianship" [17].…”