All the participating libraries in the world will become, in effect, parts of one vast library. If you work for, let us say, the Savannah Public Library, you will be able to think of the Library of Congress as a branch of yours.
Predictor: Wolfe, Gene
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 speech for the American Library Association Annual Conference in Miami, Gene Wolfe writes: ”All the participating libraries in the world will become, in effect, parts of one vast library. If you work for, let us say, the Savannah Public Library, you will be able to think of the Library of Congress as a branch of yours.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Libraries/Databases
Name of publication: American Library Association
Title, headline, chapter name: Libraries on the Superhighway
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Printed in Information Technology and LibrariesVol. 14, Issue 4, Page 219ISSN: 07309295
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney