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Towards a Worldwide Library
Universitätsbibliothek Essen
其他書名
A Ten Year Forecast : 19th International Essen Symposium, 23 September-26 September 1996
出版Universitätsbibliothek Essen, 1997
ISBN39226022239783922602224
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=k9bYUdm2AwwC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The 25 papers presented at this symposium focus on the future of libraries and library services in an ever evolving Information Age. The papers deal with topics such as: economic and political issues in determining the future of the professionally managed library; adding value to library services; the need for librarians and library educators who are masters of both book forms and electronic information retrieval; the revival of the Ancient Library of Alexandria project; managing organizational change; strategic planning and management of change; the local academic library within the worldwide context; choice and voice in determination of research librarian roles; a new kind of strategic planning in which flexibility and adaptability to change are key elements; new services in academic libraries through institutional alignment and leadership; challenges of digital information for research libraries; how technology may help or hinder the development of the digital library; SwetsNet(R) as an electronic agent for libraries and publishers; evaluation in the digital library; multilingual access to libraries' databases; a model for the electronic university library; new tasks and developments in bibliographic utilities and library networks; a comparison of online search engines and search strategies; the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's journal storage project; the LAIRD (Libraries and Archives Integrated Resources Database) source for Scottish culture; Internet search engines; using the World Wide Web to disseminate information on the Internet; providing public access to information over the Internet; document delivery towards the Year 2000; and a 10-year forecast of developments in information science and technology. The symposium agenda, a list of participants, and a list of participating vendors are provided. Contains an index. (AEF).