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Publication Date: 1995
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The Precarious Position Between Content and Technology: Libraries Seeking Their Future.
Gils, Wouter J. van
Electronic Library, v13 n6 p533-38 Dec 1995
Describes the historical development of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Library, and examines the future of scientific libraries in a digital era. Discusses technological changes in the library's policies, services, and organization, and presents an economic analysis of these changes. A sidebar summarizes the library's steps towards becoming an electronic library. (JMV)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Economic Research, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Library Development, Library Planning, Library Policy, Library Services, Organizational Development, Science Libraries, Scientific and Technical Information, Technological Advancement
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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