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Proceedings of the International Essen Symposium
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The 25 papers presented at this symposium focus on thefuture of libraries and library services in an ever evolving Information Age.The papers deal with topics such as: economic and political issues indetermining the future of the professionally managed library; adding value tolibrary services; the need for librarians and library educators who aremasters of both book forms and electronic information retrieval; the revivalof the Ancient Library of Alexandria project; managing organizational change;strategic planning and management of change; the local academic librarywithin the worldwide context; choice and voice in determination of researchlibrarian roles; a new kind of strategic planning in which flexibility andadaptability to change are key elements; new services in academic librariesthrough institutional alignment and leadership; challenges of digitalinformation for research libraries; how technology may help or hinder thedevelopment of the digital library; SwetsNet(R) as an electronic agent forlibraries and publishers; evaluation in the digital library; multilingualaccess to libraries' databases; a model for the electronic universitylibrary; new tasks and developments in bibliographic utilities and librarynetworks; a comparison of online search engines and search strategies; theAndrew W. Mellon Foundation's journal storage project; the LAIRD (Librariesand Archives Integrated Resources Database) source for Scottish culture;Internet search engines; using the World Wide Web to disseminate informationon the Internet; providing public access to information over the Internet;document delivery towards the Year 2000; and a 10-year forecast ofdevelopments in information science and technology. The symposium agenda, alist of participants, and a list of participating vendors are provided.
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Proceedings of the International Essen Symposium
Management
English
1997
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