A Historian to the Librarians [1977]

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dc.audienceAudience::IFLA Publications
dc.contributor.authorBoorstin, Daniel J.
dc.date.accessioned2026-10-02T10:53:47Z
dc.date.available2026-10-02T10:53:47Z
dc.date.issued1977-09-05
dc.description.abstractVerbatim 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.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/7442
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherInternational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
dc.rights.holderBoorstin, Daniel J.
dc.rights.holderInternational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
dc.rights.licenseCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectTechnology
dc.subjectInformation and communications technology
dc.subjectLibrary and information history
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectWorld Library and Information Congress
dc.subjectInternational librarianship
dc.titleA Historian to the Librarians [1977]
dc.typeOther
ifla.UnitHeadquarters::Headquarters

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