Human Relations in the Digital Library Enviromnent: New Management Directives for the Information Age
Description
A wave of change is taking place within academic libraries. The incorporation of information technology into libraries has created change at an unprecedented pace. In the past, two comparable revolutions - the invention of movable type and the application of micro technology - took place five centuries apart. Today, and in the coming decades, academic librarians can anticipate an even greater impact on higher education in general. Moreover, librarians can anticipate a specific impact on scholarly communication, information storage-and-retrieval, library operations, theories and practices. As we struggle to meet the challenges of tomorrow, we must remember that although our tools and users are changing, our basic mission remains the same.
Human Relations in the Digital Library Enviromnent: New Management Directives for the Information Age
A wave of change is taking place within academic libraries. The incorporation of information technology into libraries has created change at an unprecedented pace. In the past, two comparable revolutions - the invention of movable type and the application of micro technology - took place five centuries apart. Today, and in the coming decades, academic librarians can anticipate an even greater impact on higher education in general. Moreover, librarians can anticipate a specific impact on scholarly communication, information storage-and-retrieval, library operations, theories and practices. As we struggle to meet the challenges of tomorrow, we must remember that although our tools and users are changing, our basic mission remains the same.