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Peer reviewedKevil, L. Hunter; Montgomery, Jack, Ed. – Against the Grain, 1998
Argues that without reform and adaptation to contemporary technology, paper libraries will become little more than book museums. Outlines four major problems with contemporary library practice. Discusses benefits of database-management systems for organization of libraries' paper resources. Lists requirements libraries should demand of any new…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Information Management, Information Storage, Information Technology
Pinfield, Stephen; Eaton, Jonathan; Edwards, Catherine; Russell, Rosemary; Wissenburg, Astrid; Wynne, Peter – D-Lib Magazine, 1998
Outlines five projects currently funded by the United Kingdom's Electronic Libraries Program (eLib): HyLiFe (Hybrid Library of the Future), MALIBU (MAnaging the hybrid Library for the Benefit of Users), HeadLine (Hybrid Electronic Access and Delivery in the Library Networked Environment), ATHENS (authentication scheme), and BUILDER (Birmingham…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Library Administration
Download full textHumes, Barbara – 1999
The United States Department of Education invited leading professionals who work in the library field in federal agencies, universities, associations, and foundations to a meeting in Washington, DC to explore the need for national focus on library research. Each participant suggested a research issue of particular concern to their organization and…
Descriptors: Conferences, Federal Programs, Futures (of Society), Information Services
Peer reviewedShreeves, Edward – Library Trends, 2000
Librarians have paid insufficient attention to the conflict on college and university campuses about the role of print and digital resources in the library of the future. Effective communication with all sectors of the academic community, especially those maintaining a strong loyalty to books, will be essential as hybrid print and digital…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, Communication (Thought Transfer), Electronic Libraries
Peer reviewedWebb, T. D. – Electronic Library, 1995
In response to technological advances, future libraries will blend new technologies with traditional information resources by partitioning collections into various formats including print, nonprint, electronic, computerized, media, and video. In effect the library will be "freezing" portions of collections in their most appropriate formats based…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Information Management, Information Technology, Library Automation
Peer reviewedSullivan, David S. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1991
Selectively surveys the literature of collection development in 1990. Topics covered include library materials budgets and finances; serials and the economics of scholarly publication; collection evaluation and analysis; cooperative arrangements; selection, deselection, housing, and preservation of library materials; staffing and organization; and…
Descriptors: Budgets, Evaluation Methods, Futures (of Society), Library Administration
