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From Weberian Rationalization to JavaScript Components: Modularism in Academic Library Software.

This paper considers modular approaches to building library software and situates these practices within the context of the rationalizing logics of modern programming. It briefly traces modularism through its elaboration in the social sciences, in computer science and ultimately describes it as it i...

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Publicado en:Information Technology & Libraries Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 1 - 13
Autor principal: Eaton, Mark E.
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: American Library Association Sep2025
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