1. 1 Libraries and information centres: future trends (Part 1) More applications of information and communication technology (ICT) **--

2. 2 Libraries and information centres: future trends (Part 2) Decreasing physical, hard-copy document collections Increasing impact of online access information sources »Secondary, bibliographic databases »WWW sites »E-journals »E-books »… **--

3. 3 Libraries and information centres: future trends (Part 3) Increasing availability, usage and impact of information that is available online and free of charge without need for a library. **--

4. 4 Libraries and information centres: future trends (Part 4) **-- Hard-copy, NOT online Free of charge Digital, online Expensive, fee-based Hard-copy, NOT online Expensive, fee-based Digital, online Free of charge

5. 5 Libraries and information centres: future trends (Part 5) Access to computer-based information networks consumes part of the budget of the organisation, so that it is not available anymore to buy access to information sources that are not available free of charge. **--

6. 6 Libraries and information centres: future trends (Part 6) More information delivery directly from producer to end- user, without involvement of an information centre as intermediary **--

7. 7 Libraries and information centres: future trends (Part 7) Growing together in many organisations of the library and the computer centre (in some cases, the computer centre takes over the library, creating an information centre) **--

8. 8 Libraries and information centres: future trends (Part 8) Instead of taking care of a central, local, physical collection, librarians spend more efforts »to implement and maintain information technology infrastructure »to organise access to digital, online information sources, by creating pathways through the Internet »to train users and potential users of information in “information literacy” **--

9. 9 Libraries and information centres: future trends (Part 9) »to interlibrary lending and document delivery »to understanding and coping with copyright and the evolution of copyright laws **--

10. 10 Libraries and information centres: future trends (Part 8) Decreasing efforts (budget + time) devoted to taking care of a central, local, physical collection **--

11. 11 Libraries and information centres: future trends (Part 9) More efforts focused on »Implementing and maintaining information technology infrastructure »Organising access to digital, online information sources, by creating pathways through the Internet »Training users and potential users of information in “information literacy” »Interlibrary lending and document delivery »Understanding and coping with copyright and the evolution of copyright laws **--

12. 12 Libraries and information centres: future trends (Part 10) Disappearance of the library as a building / space / place Services offered by libraries become more virtual, less clearly visible Classical libraries loose prestige, but access to information will still be important... **--