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A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON LIBRARIES
Robert Wedgeworth
Librarian and Professor Emeritus
University of Illinois
November 2007
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WHERE ISTHE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY?(A 1980’s question)
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TWO LIBRARIES IN ONE:Beginnings of library
automation Preserving the past Planning for the
future Maintaining the
balance Communicating the
transition
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GLOBAL FORCES
Economics Technology Demography Culture
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GLOBAL LIBRARY ECONOMICS
FUNDING COST OF
MATERIALS COST OF
TECHNOLOGIES COST OF
FACILITIES SALARIES
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CULTURE, INC.
MEDIA CONSOLIDATION (BERTELSMAN & RANDOM HOUSE)
MEDIA CONVERGENCE (TIME WARNER)
MEDIA GLOBALIZATION (DISNEY)
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WHO PAYS?
Educational institutions Employers Individuals How do you pay?
– By the bottle– by the drink
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GLOBAL LIBRARY TECHNOLOGIES
LIBRARY MATERIALS
WORKSTATIONS LIBRARY
SYSTEMS INTERNET
CONNECTIONS TECHNICAL
PERSONNEL
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BOOKS AND LITERACY
World book publishing growing U.S. book publishing leveling off Literacy (definition?) Functional literacy Information literacy
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READING HABITS
FEWER BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS READ (52%)
SAME INFORMATION FROM TV (16%) NEWSPAPERS READ 15-59 MINUTES
DAILY (66%) Sources:ALA, BISG, Roper
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DO BOOKS COMPETE WITH NEW MEDIA?
AS ENTERTAINMENT AS LEARNING TOOLS AS REFERENCE TOOLS AS CULTURAL DIFFUSION TOOLS
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BOOKS IN OUR FUTURE
MOST OF WHAT WE KNOW IS IN BOOKS
MORE SPECIALIZED FUNCTIONS FOR BOOKS
BOOKS COMPLEMENT AND COMPETE WITH NEW MEDIA
NO TO FAHRENHEIT 451!!
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FROM SPEAKING,TO WRITING,TO READING
TO LISTENING,TO VIEWING,
TO COMPUTING
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DIGITAL LIBRARIES
Text Images Multimedia Delivery systems, telephone, cable or
satellite Specialized personnel
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User Databasequery
response
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GLOBAL DEMOGRAPHICS
POPULATION GROWTH
EMIGRATION CHANGING ROLES
OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN
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GLOBAL CULTURAL FORCES
LANGUAGE RELIGION EDUCATION MUSIC ART LIFE STYLE
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MEDIA AND AUDIENCE DIFFERENTIATION
AGE GENDER ETHNICITY LANGUAGE GEOGRAPHY OCCUPATION INTERESTS
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GLOBAL FEARS AND LIMITATIONS
HAVES v. HAVE NOTS INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM COPYRIGHT & INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY INTERNET WEB SITE SECURITY FILTERS
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WHO GETS ACCESS?
Students Workers Children Universal service to schools and
libraries International developments
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INFORMATION LITERACY
FINDING INFORMATION EVALUATING INFORMATION USING INFORMATION REFORMING INSTRUCTION (reserves,
lectures, textbooks) FINANCING ACCESS TO
INFORMATION
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INTELLECTUAL FREEDOMR.S.V.P.
RACE RELIGION SEX VIOLENCE POLITICS
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HISTORY
ONLY COUNTRY WITH ABSOLUTE GUARANTEES OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
FIRST AMENDMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL
HISTORICALLY CENSORSHIP HAS BEEN PRACTICED IN ALL CIVILIZATIONS (RVSP)
ARTICLE 19 OF UN DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
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SOME INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
UK--Peter Wright and Spycatcher
China and the INTERNET
France and the Front Nationale
Turkey and the Kurds
Japan and textbooks on WW II.
ISLAM and the INTERNET
CHRISTIANS and the INTERNET
Iraq and government secrecy
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The world has undergone radical changes throughout the 20thcentury. Many claim the new
millenium will be the NETMILLENIUM.
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NET MILLENIUM
DIGITAL LIBRARIES OF CULTURAL INFORMATION
ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTS FOR CORRELATING INFORMATION
GLOBAL CULTURAL MEMORY
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TOWARD A GLOBAL LIBRARY COMMUNITY
ASYNCHRONOUS MULTI-LINGUAL MULTI-CULTURAL
GEOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE
TECHNICALLY COMPETENT
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COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY International in scope Includes all media Tendency to restrict rights of users Focus on pay per use Ignores the value of libraries Government frequently a partner with
commercial interests--WIPO TREATIES
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GLOBAL AGENDA
CAPTURING DIVERSITY
CELEBRATING DIVERSITY
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CAPTURING DIVERSITY
PROMOTE DIFFERENCE REWARD EXPERIMENTATION EMPOWER EVERYONE INVITE OUTSIDERS IN AND SEND
INSIDERS OUT BE INCLUSIVE
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CELEBRATE OUR SPECIAL DIVERSITY--WOMEN
COMMUNICATIONS BALANCE EMPOWERMENT COLLABORATION & TEAMWORK BROAD VISION
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NAVIGATING A GLOBAL ROUTE
FOCUS ON DESTINATIONS
REMAIN FLEXIBLE EXPECT THE
UNEXPECTED RECOGNIZE
OTHER EXPERTISE
PAY YOUR WAY