What Is the Hybrid Library?.

Oppenheim, Charles; Smithson, Daniel

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Publication Date: 1999

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What Is the Hybrid Library?

Oppenheim, Charles; Smithson, Daniel

Journal of Information Science, v25 n2 p97-112 1999

Discusses hybrid libraries in higher education based on the influence of eLib (Electronic Libraries Programme) in the United Kingdom and on interviews with staff involved in hybrid libraries. Topics include cultural shift; considerations about libraries of the future, including use of electronic resources and costs; and a proposed model of a hybrid library. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Appropriate Technology, Costs, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Interviews, Library Automation, Library Personnel, Models, Technological Advancement

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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