A few possibilities for librarianship by 2015

Morgan, Eric A few possibilities for librarianship by 2015., 2009 . In 4th International LIS-EPI Meeting, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Spain), 26-27 November 2009. [Conference paper]

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The library profession is at a cross roads. Computer technology coupled with the Internet have changed the way content is created, maintained, evaluated, and distributed. While the core principles of librarianship (collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination) are still very much apropos to the current milieu, the exact tasks of the profession are not as necessary as they once were. What is a librarian to do? In my opinion, there are three choices: 1) creating services against content as opposed to simply providing access to it, 2) curating collections that are unique to our local institutions, or 3) providing sets of services that are a combination of #1 and #2. This presentation elaborates on these ideas and demonstrates some of the possibilities.

Item type:	Conference paper
Keywords:	librarianship; computers; lisepi09
Subjects:	L. Information technology and library technology > LZ. None of these, but in this section. A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information. > AZ. None of these, but in this section.
Depositing user:	Eric Lease Morgan
Date deposited:	03 Dec 2009
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 12:15
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/13885

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