ERIC Number: EJ434767
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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The Bionic Library.
Billings, Harold
Library Journal, v116 n17 p38-42 Oct 15 1991
Discussion of the information crisis focuses on possible new forms of library collections. Topics discussed include the rising quantity and costs of publications; improvements in access through new technologies; vendors' plans using electronic text; information flow; economics factors, including user fees; and the role of the commercial sector. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change Strategies, Costs, Economic Factors, Futures (of Society), Information Technology, Information Transfer, Library Automation, Library Collection Development, Library Expenditures, Library Planning, Library Services, Online Systems, Optical Data Disks, Private Sector, Publishing Industry
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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