1. WELCOME! LIDA 2001 LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Dubrovnik, Croatia May 2001

2. LIDA courses & conferences
Annual programs
held in BEAUTIFUL Dubrovnik
International forum for exchange & learning
Changing themes annually
But steady purposes & objectives
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LIDA purpose
to address the changing and challenging environment for libraries and information systems and services in the digital age
with an emphasis on examining contemporary problems, advances and solutions
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Rationale. Questions.
Why?
because of constant changes in the digital world all of us need a constant update of professional knowledge & competencies
Examine, explore, learn together:
Promises? Realities? Problems? Opportunities? Challenges? Pitfalls?
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5. Our LIDA 2001 themes: The Internet: ethics and legal issues & Information services - practice and research

6. Reminder: LIDA 2000 themes: Libraries on the Internet & Internet in Libraries

7. Future: LIDA 2002 themes: Integrating information seeking & information retrieval & Information services in digital environments- practice and research

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Issues
What do libraries actually do in a digital environment? Internet?
How do they do it?
What could libraries do?
What does the digital world actually do to libraries?
to library USERS?
How to change for the better?
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Digital age
Environment exemplified by
use of all kinds of records & processes in digital forms
transformation to digital forms
digital networks for communication
INTERNET
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10. Going from Internet basics
A network of networks, bound by common technical standards
nobody owns it
nobody manages it - but many try
Provides for communication, file transfers, cooperation
Provides for World Wide Web,
but it is more than the Web
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11. A major contemporary force
Affecting and transforming
societies on a global scale
business, economy, commerce
institutions, organizations, LIBRARIES
how people work, communicate, cooperate; how science works
librarians, information professionals
you, me, all of us
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But ...
Internet is NOT a source of all information
Many others are there & are valuable
Internet is not a savior for all information needs and requests
Internet has many limitations
technical, economic, social
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13. Major changes in libraries
Affected through evolution of DIGITAL LIBRARIES
Changes in nature of :
COLLECTION
what is now a ‘collection’?
ACCESS
distributive, “libraries without walls”
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changes ...
SERVICES
many new models to various user groups
COOPERATION
new modes of sharing, consortia
MANAGEMENT
new management approaches, structures
economics challenging, unsettling
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Needed: new knowledge
a new set of competencies
firmly build upon old ones
constant upgrade of knowledge & skills
constant improvement
But provides
new rewards & opportunities
reaching out to users more than ever
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Tradition
Internet & digital age do NOT mean abandoning library tradition & values
It means
application of true & tried principles & values to new situations
AND developing new ones
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Opportunities
Basic ethical principles remain
but now an opportunity to be extended to new modes of access
In libraries: new modes always meant new opportunities
adjust, use, expand, innovate
At the same time critically examine everything
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Enjoy the conference
Enjoy Dubrovnik!
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