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WELCOME! LIDA 2001 LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Join us in Dubrovnik, Croatia for LIDA 2001, an international forum for learning and exchange on libraries and information systems in the digital age. Explore contemporary problems, advances, and solutions in the digital world.

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WELCOME! LIDA 2001 LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE

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  1. WELCOME!LIDA 2001LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE Dubrovnik, Croatia 23 - 26 May 2001

  2. LIDA courses & conferences • Annual programs • held in BEAUTIFUL Dubrovnik • International forum for exchange & learning • Changing themes annually • But steady purposes & objectives Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University

  3. 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 Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University

  4. 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? Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University

  5. Our LIDA 2001 themes:The Internet: ethics and legal issues&Information services - practice and research

  6. Reminder: LIDA 2000 themes:Libraries on the Internet&Internet in Libraries

  7. Future: LIDA 2002 themes:Integrating information seeking & information retrieval&Information services in digital environments- practice and research

  8. Issues • 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? Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University

  9. Digital age • Environment exemplified by • use of all kinds of records & processes in digital forms • transformation to digital forms • digital networks for communication • INTERNET Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University

  10. Going 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 Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University

  11. 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 Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University

  12. 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 Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University

  13. 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” Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University

  14. changes ... • SERVICES • many new models to various user groups • COOPERATION • new modes of sharing, consortia • MANAGEMENT • new management approaches, structures • economics challenging, unsettling Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University

  15. Needed: 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 Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University

  16. Tradition • 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 Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University

  17. Opportunities • 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 Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University

  18. Enjoy the conference Enjoy Dubrovnik! Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University

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