Feb 06
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Keep the cart behind the horse
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An extremely important point by Lorcan Dempsey on the impact of technology on libraries and the academic world:
In fact, the effect of technology on research and learning behaviours will have a greater impact than the direct effect of technology on library systems and services themselves.
It is very important to understand that library work exists in support of the information and research needs of patrons and are rarely is an end in itself. This comment comes out of a discussion of the role of the library in a networked world of “Amazoogle.”