A piece I wrote for the CILIP Library and Information Gazette has just been published. In it, I look back at some of the key changes to the information world over the previous 10 years and anticipate what the future might hold for us.
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January 22, 2010 at 11:31 am
Great article.
The challenge is going to be moving from merely providing access to material (the primary purpose of libraries for millenia) to technology that helps us locate the one leaf we need in a forest-full
January 22, 2010 at 11:46 am
thanks, John.
I agree – users will expect more from information services (whether libraries or something else) – Google is helping create a generation expecting instant information gratification