A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON LIBRARIES对图馆的全球视角.ppt

A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON LIBRARIES Robert Wedgeworth Librarian and Professor Emeritus University of Illinois November 2007 TWO LIBRARIES IN ONE:Beginnings of library automation Preserving the past Planning for the future Maintaining the balance Communicating the transition GLOBAL FORCES Economics Technology Demography Culture GLOBAL LIBRARY ECONOMICS FUNDING COST OF MATERIALS COST OF TECHNOLOGIES COST OF FACILITIES SALARIES CULTURE, INC. MEDIA CONSOLIDATION (BERTELSMAN RANDOM HOUSE) MEDIA CONVERGENCE (TIME WARNER) MEDIA GLOBALIZATION (DISNEY) WHO PAYS? Educational institutions Employers Individuals How do you pay? By the bottle by the drink GLOBAL LIBRARY TECHNOLOGIES LIBRARY MATERIALS WORKSTATIONS LIBRARY SYSTEMS INTERNET CONNECTIONS TECHNICAL PERSONNEL BOOKS AND LITERACY World book publishing growing U.S. book publishing leveling off Literacy (definition?) Functional literacy Information literacy READING HABITS FEWER BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS READ (52%) SAME INFORMATION FROM TV (16%) NEWSPAPERS READ 15-59 MINUTES DAILY (66%) Sources:ALA, BISG, Roper DO BOOKS COMPETE WITH NEW MEDIA? AS ENTERTAINMENT AS LEARNING TOOLS AS REFERENCE TOOLS AS CULTURAL DIFFUSION TOOLS BOOKS IN OUR FUTURE MOST OF WHAT WE KNOW IS IN BOOKS MORE SPECIALIZED FUNCTIONS FOR BOOKS BOOKS COMPLEMENT AND COMPETE WITH NEW MEDIA NO TO FAHRENHEIT 451!! DIGITAL LIBRARIES Text Images Multimedia Delivery systems, telephone, cable or satellite Specialized personnel GLOBAL DEMOGRAPHICS POPULATION GROWTH EMIGRATION CHANGING ROLES OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN GLOBAL CULTURAL FORCES LANGUAGE RELIGION EDUCATION MUSIC ART LIFE STYLE MEDIA AND AUDIENCE DIFFERENTIATION AGE GENDER ETHNICITY LANGUAGE GEOGRAPHY OCCUPATION INTERESTS GLOBAL FEARS AND LIMITATIONS HAVES v. HAVE NOTS INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM COPYRIGHT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTERNET WEB SITE SECURITY FILTERS WHO GETS ACCESS? Students Workers Children Universal service to schools and libraries International developments INFORMATION LITERACY FINDING INFORMATION EV