TY  - JOUR
AB  - Beware of “Info‐Smoke” warns Art Plotnick in a recent American Libraries editorial. It clouds the meaning and purpose of libraries by embroiling them in the “world's hottest commodity”—information. “The information age” or “the information society” are clichés used with abandon by many librarians. “Information” is the buzzword for grant applications, articles, and new names for libraries and library schools. As Plotnick rhetorically asks, “Who isn't in the information business?”
VL  - 9
IS  - 3/4
SN  - 0160-4953
DO  - 10.1108/eb023250
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb023250
AU  - Branin Joseph J.
PY  - 1989
Y1  - 1989/01/01
TI  - Information Policies for Collection Development Librarians
T2  - Collection Building
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 19
EP  - 23
Y2  - 2024/05/06
ER  -