Reengineering the Library for the 2nd Era of the Information Age
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.29173/cais738Abstract
From the 1994 CAIS Conference:
The Information Industry in Transition
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. May 25 - 27, 1994.
We are entering the 2nd era of the information age in which enabling technology will allow information to be delivered as a seamless, borderless service to be used immediately by local or remote customers. This paper looks at why the library and information science profession must reengineer to take its rightful place in the new age. The discussions emphasize the requirements of a corporate library in this new age.