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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2000
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED450770 |
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- Technological Discontinuities in the Library: Digital Projects That Illustrate New Opportunities for the Librarian and the Library. Jantz, Ronald C. Academic Libraries Access to Information Competition Electronic Libraries Higher Education Information Technology Innovation Library Services World Wide Web This paper suggests that libraries are losing market share and can address external threats from competition through unique partnerships and technological innovation. The concepts of competition, technological discontinuities, and innovation are discussed. The following four projects at the Scholarly Communication Center (SCC) of the Rutgers University Libraries (New Jersey) are described: (1) the Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank; (2) GIS (Geographic Information Systems) in the Social Sciences; (3) access to New Jersey public opinion data via the World Wide Web, provided in collaboration with the Eagleton Institute; and (4) the Alcohol Studies Database. The "e" connections (e.g., e-library, e-journal, e-book) as addressed, noting that these areas represent potential technological discontinuities for the library. It is concluded that the SCC projects demonstrate that: prototyping is an effective tool to understand potential new services; reusable platforms reduce time to market; new technologies in combination with traditional librarian competencies offer the opportunity for new services; and platforms offer ways to encapsulate knowledge so that we don't lose it. (Contains 12 references.) (MES)