Abstract:
The future of library services must be considered against the background of a new self-conception of libraries and their definition and of a changing information society. In future, traditional library services will no longer be sufficient to ensure thc survival of libraries. They will be required as a basic routine, but the proactivity of the library and its contribution to the overall enterprise or institution will be dcfined by a wide range of new activities still to be established. The ti›llowing paper describes, on the one hand, the changing boundary conditions and, on the other, the currcnt stabs of the reputation and imagc of librarie.s. The second part of the paper deals, in detail, with the opportunities arising in new fields of aprlicalion. Asexamples, distance education and e-lcarning for libraries will be discussed,and the significance ct” knowledge management in and for libraries will be illustrated. Furthermore. consideration is given to the staff qualitications necessary in these new fields of activity.
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Abstract - Keywords - , Knowledge Management, Library of the Future, Information Society, Ncw Activities, Distance Education IN"£RODUCTION Special libraries all over the world today fulfil a whole variety of different services at a wide range of locations.
In the following, a few examplcs arc given of other infrastructural services that can be provided in the science sector: • integration of the translation and language services of a university or research establishment into the organizational and structural responsibility of the library • publishing functions pcrformed by a library • establishmcnt of a proof-reading servicc for scientific manuscripts •organization and permanent installation of exhibitions and lectures on the sole responsibility of scientific libraries • establishment of a new acquisition management involving suppliers and document delivery systems • outsourcing of functional areas with staff participation • cstablishment of new collection fields such as the integration of software collections into a library's holdings • pcrfomance of”archiving services by the library sector • cataloguing of archivc materials and making finding books and databases available to users • establishing a dossicr scrvicu for company executives or university management with respect to political and historical issues • maintaining a database of publications by an institution's staff • undertaking a semi-qualitativc and quantitative assessment o£ lists of publications submitted to appointments committees • responsibility for Knowledge Managemcnt • organization of documcnt management systems into the company THE ROLE OF I.
MENT In the literature, there are a number of indications of how libraries, librarians and information specialists, in general, can contribute to knowledge management.