The National Electronic Library : a guide to the future for library managers

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The National Electronic Library : a guide to the future for library managers

edited by Gary M. Pitkin

(The Greenwood library management collection)

Greenwood Press, 1996

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Bibliography: p. [179]-186

Includes index

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Description

The National Information Infrastructure will bring information to the doorstep of every household. Librarianship must respond to this development through the National Electronic Library. Librarianship as a profession must set the information agenda if it is to be a viable and influential entity in the electronic environment. Traditional library services are being redefined by technology, and the concept of the National Electronic Library must combine the roles of the academic institution, public enterprise, and library education. This professional reference is a guide to assist librarians in planning for the future. The volume maintains that the growing electronic environment is driving a cultural transformation in which libraries must examine and understand what libraries have been, what they are, and what they need to be. Libraries need to participate actively in this transformation in order to remain the central providers of information and related services. The book explores the National Electronic Library as a concept and formal organization. Library services, collections, and the physical facility are examined in terms of present and future needs based on the rapidly changing electronic environment, and the volume relates the future management of information to administrative structures, constituencies, public and technical services, collection development, education, and strategic planning.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Gary M. Pitkin The Revolution Personified: The National Electronic Library by Joy Reed Hughes and Karyle S. Butcher Consortia and the National Electronic Library by Alan V. Charnes The Academic Institution and the National Electronic Library by Thomas M. Peischl The Public Enterprise and the National Electronic Library by Agnes M. Griffen Library Education and the National Electronic Library by Faye N. Vowell Reengineering Existing Buildings to Serve the Academic Community by Delmus E. Williams The Architect's Point of View by Craig Hartman, John Parman, and Cheryl Parker Collection Development in the Revolutionized Environment by Johannah Sherrer Public Services in the Revolutionized Environment by David F. Kohl Technical Services in the Revolutionized Environment by William A. Gosling Strategic Planning and the Allocation of Library Resources by Gary M. Pitkin Are Libraries Necessary in the Revolutionized Environment by Robert C. Hetrick, Jr. Selected Bibliography Index

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