A Historian to the Librarians [1977]

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1977-09-05

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Boorstin, Daniel J.

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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

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Verbatim transcript of Daniel J. Boorstin's speech at the 1977 IFLA World Congress of Librarians in Brussels, Belgium on 5 September 1977. Boorstin addressed important, recurrent themes such as the book as a triumph of human technology and the Displacive Fallacy, which assumes that each new technology displaces (rather than transforms) the preceding technology. Speaking as a historian, Boorstin also discussed the role of the librarian in the new technological age.

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Technology, Information and communications technology, Library and information history, History, World Library and Information Congress, International librarianship

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https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/7442

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IFLA History