Back to the Future: A Personal Statement on Collection Development in an Information Culture.

Welsch, Erwin K.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Back to the Future: A Personal Statement on Collection Development in an Information Culture.

Welsch, Erwin K.

Library Resources and Technical Services, v33 n1 p29-36 Jan 1989

Discusses the possible use of computer technology to enable collection development librarians to become active participants in an information network as librarians move from the concept of ownership of resources to access to information, and describes the functions and benefits of the implementation of a microcomputer-based selector's workstation. (23 notes/references) (Author/CLB)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Decision Making, Information Networks, Information Technology, Library Automation, Library Collection Development, Library Expenditures, Microcomputers, Online Catalogs, Optical Data Disks

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Language: English

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