Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ469170
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Publication Date: 1993
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How to Survive the Present while Preparing for the Future: A Research Library Strategy.
Smith, Eldred; Johnson, Peggy
College and Research Libraries, v54 n5 p389-96 Sep 1993
Urges the research library community, in which ownership is traded for access and competition for cooperation, to take concerted action to survive declining resources and the impact of electronic information technology. Concrete steps that can be taken toward contributing to a new world of scholarly communication are suggested. (Contains 12 references.) (KRN)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Change Strategies, Economic Factors, Electronic Publishing, Futures (of Society), Guidelines, Higher Education, Information Technology, Library Collection Development, Library Cooperation, Library Services, Ownership, Research Libraries, Scholarly Communication, Technological Advancement, User Needs (Information)
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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