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| Title: | Library in the digital age: experiences and challenges from the university of Bergen library, Norway |
| Authors: | Garnes, Kari |
| Issue Date: | May-2007 |
| Publisher: | The University of Bergen |
| Abstract: | At the University of Bergen Library (UBL) the digital library has been
developed over a period of 25 years. It started slowly, but during the last decade the
changes have been more and more rapid, entailing major alterations of the routines and
services. There has also been a revolution in the amount of available digitalized
information. I will look briefly at some of the changes and challenges that the University
of Bergen Library has been facing during the last 10 - 15 years. The changes regarding a
digital library are basically of a technological nature, but they have led to major
alterations to all the main library processes. We talk about cultural changes. Consequently
the situation has changed radically, both for the library users and for the library staff.
Implementing the digital library has entailed both technological and cultural changes. This
means that the library, and consequently also the library staff, has had to change its
attitude and way of thinking and working to match user demand and to integrate library
and information litracy in the education community.. A digital library is very complex and
consists of many different things; from the OPAC as well as digital resources (catalogues,
books, journals). In my presentation I also would like to emphasize the utility of a
consortium for acquisition of electronic resources, and tell you a little about the work with
institutional repositories that we have done in Norway.
In the book “Aspects of the Digital Library”, co-edited by your own Angela Repanovici, and
myself and Ane Landoy from UBL, this is explored more fully. |
| Description: | In: BIBLIO – BRAŞOV 2007. Conferinţa internaţională de Biblioteconomie şi Ştiinţa Informării |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1956/2459 |
| ISBN: | 978-973-635-973-6 |
| Appears in Collections: | University of Bergen Library
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