Construction Zones on the Library Road to the Future |
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| Authors: | Carl Grant |
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| Institution: | 1. CARE Affiliates , Blacksburg , Virginia , USA carl@care-affiliates.com |
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| Abstract: | This article suggests that substantial and often disturbing change is the only way that libraries can achieve a bright future in an increasingly digital world. Libraries must quickly adopt mobile technology, cloud computing, eScience, and the systematic organization and dissemination of quality information—and do so within the context of collaboration with other libraries in the region, nation, and world. Fiscal shortages can not be used as an excuse to postpone imperative changes; money has to be found. |
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| Keywords: | mobile communications cloud computing eScience digital preservation partnerships future of libraries marketing finance |
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