Future Trends in Special Library Services
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Special libraries all over the world today fulfil a whole variety of different services at a wide range of locations. This diversified spectrum of activities is by no means a recent development. At the time that the Special Library Association (SLA) was founded at the 1909 conference of the American Library Association (ALA), special libraries already had little to do with traditional library tasks. The services performed by special libraries in the early 20th century could be regarded as documentation.
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