AUTHOR:
Shahnaz Zuberi
TITLE:
DIGITAL PUBLISHING: A NEW CHALLENGE FOR LIBRARIES
SOURCE:
Pakistan Library & Information Science Journal 38 no1 11-16 Mr 2007
This is a great article that discusses the changing impact of the digital technology in libraries today. The author brings up an issue I know I had not considered, at the end of the year, when subscriptions end, how do you keep track of the information you offerered when you do not always have access to the databases that you had at one time? The author brings up the need to develop some way of "verification of material during subscription year". As library professionals, how do we see these types of situations growing with the growth of the technology? This article was very easy to read and really summed things up well in my opinion!
Zuberi, S. (2007, March). Digital Publishing: A New Challenge For Libraries. Pakistian Library and Information Science Journal. 38(1) 11-16. Retrieved on March 3, 2008 from Academic Search Premier.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
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Related to access of electronic information is the problem of access. We had a vendor come in yesterday. They offer ebooks in perpetuity however the hosting is only for 5 years. So you may "own" the books but if you have no access what good are they. Do you pay again for access or do you fork out the money for your own way of storing and using the information? What happens when the technology changes? Problems we did not face with print books. With them it was the problem of wear and tear and materials disappearing because they were stolen or never returned. Technology creates its own set of problems.
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