Libraries and the informational future: Some notes

نویسنده

  • Lorcan Dempsey
چکیده

1. Scope ............................................................................................................................................................ 1 2. Some themes ............................................................................................................................................. 3 2.1 An informational future: a processing perspective ............................................................... 3 2.2 From transaction costs to the network level: an organizational perspective .............. 6 2.3 The power of pull: a social perspective ..................................................................................... 8 2.4 The need to focus: a strategic perspective............................................................................. 10 3. Switches: Some library implications................................................................................................. 14 4. Some thoughts about education: an interest in interstices .................................................... 16 4.1 An informational future: a processing perspective ............................................................. 16 4.2 From transaction costs to the network level: an organizational perspective ............ 17 4.3 The power of pull: a social perspective ................................................................................... 17 4.5 The need to focus: a strategic perspective............................................................................. 18

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Inf. Services and Use

دوره 32  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012