Biblioteche digitali: prospettive e sviluppo

Malinconico, S. Michael

Bollettino AIB 1998 38 (3)275-299
(ReLIS:jul:rkgani:y:1998:v:38:i:3:p:275-299)

Abstract:

Research libraries are in crisis. Their users expect ready, convenient access to an ever-increasing body of information. They expect to have access to that information immediately and at a time and place of their choosing. The quantity, cost and variety of the information resources that scholars need to consult have far outstripped the ability of any single institution to supply them. Budget increases, generally indexed to overall increases in prices, have not kept pace with the extraordinary demands placed on libraries by their users, their collections and their suppliers. Consequently, librarians and library users have turned to modern technologies for solutions to these problems. Librarians and users alike hope that digital libraries will in the long term provide the convenient, universal access that library users require; that it will be more practical to preserve electronic images than paper documents; and that efficiencies possible with electronic technologies will reduce the gap between the demands of a research library's mission and the capabilities of its resources.

Keywords: Bibliotecas digitales
Pages: 275-299
Volume: 38
Year: 1998
Issue: 3

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