Progress in telecommunications and information technology has
extended computer communication networks and increased network
speed. With the resulting increase in networked information, questions
arise as to who will control it, who will supply it, and who will have
access to it. The role of the library in this electronic networked
environment is changing from providing access to traditional paperbased
holdings to directly acquiring material in electronic form and
providing access to it. Questions arise about interlibrary cooperation,
clientele, and competition for patronage. In addition, the development
of the end-user workstation that will access a range of networked
information resources may lead to new information markets (such as
competitive intelligence) and to the potential of multimedia information
access and personal scholarly publishing. The traditional role of
librarians will also change. Librarians will become information
specialists, skilled in the management, searching, evaluation, and
organization of information. Finally, library schools must expand and
refocus their roles in training these information specialists.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Series/Report Name or Number
Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (28th : 1991)
ISSN
0069-4789
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1279
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