TY - BOOK AU - Mahapatra, Piyush Kanti, TI - Book byte and beyond: library without walls SN - 9788170002864 U1 - 030 23 PY - 2000/// CY - New Delhi, India: PB - Ess Ess Publications, KW - Chakrabarti, Bhubaneswar N1 - HB; 1. Introduction; 2. Ancestors of the book; 3. Metamorphosis of the book; 4. In Defence of the book; 5. Limitations of the book; 6. The transition: new containers; 7. The changing face of libraries; 8. Electronic publishing; 9. Database development: from dinosaurs to compact discs; 10. The digital library; 11. Intellectual property rights; 12. The information society: Myth and reality; 13. Internet and the future; 14. The changing profession ER -