The results of studies on changes in the ecosystem of information and communication in the digital age are discussed., including how to use internet and mobile phones to work, play and interact through social networks. This new environment has changed the way libraries and librarians serve their users. The need for libraries to become “nodes” of the social networks of citizens is addressed
It has become common parlance that we are entering the "Information Age." We would like to take the...
AbstractIn the knowledge society in addition to technical skills and access to information technolog...
This paper looks at the idea of digital libraries as social systems. It gives a short account of wha...
The results of studies on changes in the ecosystem of information and communication in the digital a...
This chapter looks at the future in terms of the kind of landscape in which libraries will operate. ...
are used not only for social networking and entertainment but also for access to information, for le...
Responding to the prompt, “How is digital technology shaping the future of library and/or informatio...
Message from Jay: At social events when people learn I am the Director of Libraries at UMass Amherst...
As the advancement of 21st century libraries tries to use social networking sites and social media s...
Facebook, MySpace, Flickr and YouTube are currently among the most frequently visited websites with...
Whether they are called netgeners, born digital, digital natives, screenagers, Generation Y or Gener...
The digital era has brought profound challenges and opportunities to countless institutions and indu...
This was a response to the presentations of a panel titled: “Setting Directions for Libraries and Ar...
The evolution of libraries through three stages –modernization, automation and digitization- is anal...
Libraries have traditionally been repositories of information, whether the media was clay, papyrus, ...
It has become common parlance that we are entering the "Information Age." We would like to take the...
AbstractIn the knowledge society in addition to technical skills and access to information technolog...
This paper looks at the idea of digital libraries as social systems. It gives a short account of wha...
The results of studies on changes in the ecosystem of information and communication in the digital a...
This chapter looks at the future in terms of the kind of landscape in which libraries will operate. ...
are used not only for social networking and entertainment but also for access to information, for le...
Responding to the prompt, “How is digital technology shaping the future of library and/or informatio...
Message from Jay: At social events when people learn I am the Director of Libraries at UMass Amherst...
As the advancement of 21st century libraries tries to use social networking sites and social media s...
Facebook, MySpace, Flickr and YouTube are currently among the most frequently visited websites with...
Whether they are called netgeners, born digital, digital natives, screenagers, Generation Y or Gener...
The digital era has brought profound challenges and opportunities to countless institutions and indu...
This was a response to the presentations of a panel titled: “Setting Directions for Libraries and Ar...
The evolution of libraries through three stages –modernization, automation and digitization- is anal...
Libraries have traditionally been repositories of information, whether the media was clay, papyrus, ...
It has become common parlance that we are entering the "Information Age." We would like to take the...
AbstractIn the knowledge society in addition to technical skills and access to information technolog...
This paper looks at the idea of digital libraries as social systems. It gives a short account of wha...