CC BY 4.0Boorstin, Daniel J.2026-10-022026-10-021977-09-05https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/7442Verbatim 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.enghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/TechnologyInformation and communications technologyLibrary and information historyHistoryWorld Library and Information CongressInternational librarianshipOtherBoorstin, Daniel J.International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)