Libraries in the Information Society.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- To Be or Not to Be: Public Libraries and the Global Knowledge Revolution -- Driving Libraries Toward a Sustainable Future -- Libraries and National Information Policies and/or National IT Strategies - A Survey -- Problems Creating a New Identity in East German Libraries -- The Growing Gap Between the Information Rich and the Information Poor, Both Within Countries and Between Countries - A Composite Policy Paper -- Knowledge Management Research and End User Work Environments 2010 -- The Roles of Knowledge Professionals for Knowledge Management -- Global Information Infrastructure and the Question of African Content -- South Asia in the Global Electronic Village: Issues and Implications -- Migrating from the Library of Today to the Library of Tomorrow: Re- or E-volution? -- The Management of Change in Electronic Libraries -- Knowledge Management in Libraries in the 21st Century -- ICT and Marketing Challenges in Latin American Libraries -- Internet Librarianship: Traditional Roles in a New Environment -- Technological Discontinuities in the Library: Digital Projects that Illustrate New Opportunities for the Librarian and the Library -- Libraries and Librarians in India on the Threshold of the THIrd Millennium: Challenges and Risks -- Use of New Technologies for Better Library Management: GIS (Geographic Information System Software) and PDAs (Personal Digital Data Collectors) -- Towards the Hybrid Library: Developments in UK Higher Education -- The Relationship Between National and Institutional Electronic Library Developments in the Uk: an Overview -- Global Knowledge: a Challenge for Librarians -- Building Smart Communities: What they are and How they can Benefit Blind and Visually Impaired Persons -- The Digital Society's Challenge to the Library for the Blind.

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