TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brophy, Peter,
TI  - The library in the twenty-first century
SN  - 9781856046060
AV  - Z716.4 .B68 2007
U1  - 025.52 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - London
PB  - Facet
KW  - Amerika Haus Berlin
KW  - Video Lending Library
KW  - gnd
KW  - Library science
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Information resources management
KW  - Information resources
KW  - Libraries
KW  - organization & administration
KW  - Library Services
KW  - Information Science
KW  - Library Science [MESH]
KW  - Library Science
KW  - Biblioth eques
KW  - eclas
KW  - Biblioth economie
KW  - Biblioth eque  electronique
KW  - Futur
KW  - fast
KW  - Zukunft
KW  - Bibliothek
KW  - Benutzung
KW  - swd
N1  - Previous edition: 2001; Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-232) and index; Part I. What is a library? 1. Libraries in the modern world --- 2. What is a library? The view from the sectors --- 3. What is a library? Cross-sectoral models --- 4. What is a library? The profession's view ---5. What is a library? Digital libraries --- 6. What is a good library? ---- Part II. Future libraries. 7. Linking users to resources --- 8. Beyond the intermediary --- 9. The library user --- 10. The information universe --- 11. Envoi
N2  - Social, cultural and technological developments are revolutionizing library services. The way ahead for the profession is now generally seen as a practical blend of traditional and electronic materials with integrated support services which fit seamlessly into users' normal ways of working. This is leading to a fundamental rethinking of the role of the library in society. Drawing on the author's recent research, this timely second edition of The Library in the Twenty-first Century offers a clear new model of how traditional and electronic sources can co-exist in the library of the future, building on the previous work by focusing on the library as a vehicle for encouraging creativity as well as a provider of information resources. It is now commonplace that libraries have a major role to play as expert intermediaries, helping users to gain access to the tools needed for effective acquisition and use of information, within the broader context of the networked information world. But it is beginning to be recognized that they still have a profounder role within their communities, and this book emphasizes that beyond the intermediary role is the vital requirement to promote understanding and engagement. -- Back cover
ER  -