WELCOME!

LIDA 2001LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL

AGE

WELCOME!

LIDA 2001LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL

AGE

Dubrovnik, Croatia 23 - 26 May 2001

Dubrovnik, Croatia 23 - 26 May 2001

Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University 2

LIDA courses & conferences

LIDA courses & conferences

• Annual programs– held in BEAUTIFUL Dubrovnik

• International forum for exchange & learning

• Changing themes annually– But steady purposes & objectives

• Annual programs– held in BEAUTIFUL Dubrovnik

• International forum for exchange & learning

• Changing themes annually– But steady purposes & objectives

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LIDA purpose LIDA purpose

• to address the changing and challenging environment for libraries and information systems and services in the digital age

• with an emphasis on examining contemporary problems, advances and solutions

• to address the changing and challenging environment for libraries and information systems and services in the digital age

• with an emphasis on examining contemporary problems, advances and solutions

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Rationale. Questions. Rationale. Questions. • Why?

– because of constant changes in the digital world all of us need a constant update of professional knowledge & competencies

• Examine, explore, learn together:– Promises? Realities? Problems?

Opportunities? Challenges? Pitfalls?

• Why?– because of constant changes in the

digital world all of us need a constant update of professional knowledge & competencies

• Examine, explore, learn together:– Promises? Realities? Problems?

Opportunities? Challenges? Pitfalls?

Our LIDA 2001 themes:

The Internet: ethics and legal issues

&Information services - practice and research

Our LIDA 2001 themes:

The Internet: ethics and legal issues

&Information services - practice and research

Reminder: LIDA 2000 themes:

Libraries on the Internet&

Internet in Libraries

Reminder: LIDA 2000 themes:

Libraries on the Internet&

Internet in Libraries

Future: LIDA 2002 themes:

Integrating information seeking & information

retrieval&

Information services in digital environments- practice and research

Future: LIDA 2002 themes:

Integrating information seeking & information

retrieval&

Information services in digital environments- practice and research

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IssuesIssues• What do libraries actually do in a

digital environment? Internet? – How do they do it?– What could libraries do?

• What does the digital world actually do to libraries?

– to library USERS?• How to change for the better?

• What do libraries actually do in a digital environment? Internet? – How do they do it?– What could libraries do?

• What does the digital world actually do to libraries?

– to library USERS?• How to change for the better?

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Digital ageDigital age

• Environment exemplified by– use of all kinds of records &

processes in digital forms– transformation to digital forms– digital networks for

communication– INTERNET

• Environment exemplified by– use of all kinds of records &

processes in digital forms– transformation to digital forms– digital networks for

communication– INTERNET

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Going from Internet basicsGoing from Internet basics

• A network of networks, bound by common technical standards– nobody owns it– nobody manages it - but many try

• Provides for communication, file transfers, cooperation

• Provides for World Wide Web,– but it is more than the Web

• A network of networks, bound by common technical standards– nobody owns it– nobody manages it - but many try

• Provides for communication, file transfers, cooperation

• Provides for World Wide Web,– but it is more than the Web

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A major contemporary force

A major contemporary force

• Affecting and transforming– societies on a global scale– business, economy, commerce– institutions, organizations, LIBRARIES– how people work, communicate,

cooperate; how science works– librarians, information professionals– you, me, all of us

• Affecting and transforming– societies on a global scale– business, economy, commerce– institutions, organizations, LIBRARIES– how people work, communicate,

cooperate; how science works– librarians, information professionals– you, me, all of us

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But ...But ...

• Internet is NOT a source of all information

• Many others are there & are valuable• Internet is not a savior for all

information needs and requests• Internet has many limitations

– technical, economic, social

• Internet is NOT a source of all information

• Many others are there & are valuable• Internet is not a savior for all

information needs and requests• Internet has many limitations

– technical, economic, social

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Major changes in libraries

Major changes in libraries

• Affected through evolution of DIGITAL LIBRARIES

• Changes in nature of :–COLLECTION

• what is now a ‘collection’?

– ACCESS•distributive, “libraries without walls”

• Affected through evolution of DIGITAL LIBRARIES

• Changes in nature of :–COLLECTION

• what is now a ‘collection’?

– ACCESS•distributive, “libraries without walls”

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changes ...changes ...

– SERVICES•many new models to various user groups

– COOPERATION•new modes of sharing, consortia

– MANAGEMENT•new management approaches, structures•economics challenging, unsettling

– SERVICES•many new models to various user groups

– COOPERATION•new modes of sharing, consortia

– MANAGEMENT•new management approaches, structures•economics challenging, unsettling

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Needed: new knowledgeNeeded: new knowledge

– a new set of competencies•firmly build upon old ones

– constant upgrade of knowledge & skills

– constant improvement

• But provides – new rewards & opportunities– reaching out to users more than ever

– a new set of competencies•firmly build upon old ones

– constant upgrade of knowledge & skills

– constant improvement

• But provides – new rewards & opportunities– reaching out to users more than ever

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TraditionTradition• Internet & digital age do

NOT mean abandoning library tradition & values

• It means– application of true & tried

principles & values to new situations

– AND developing new ones

• Internet & digital age do NOT mean abandoning library tradition & values

• It means– application of true & tried

principles & values to new situations

– AND developing new ones

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OpportunitiesOpportunities• Basic ethical principles remain

– but now an opportunity to be extended to new modes of access

• In libraries: new modes always meant new opportunities– adjust, use, expand, innovate

• At the same time critically examine everything

• Basic ethical principles remain– but now an opportunity to be

extended to new modes of access

• In libraries: new modes always meant new opportunities– adjust, use, expand, innovate

• At the same time critically examine everything

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