Document (#11904)

Author

Durrance, J.C.

Title

Information needs : old song, new tune

Source

School library media quarterly. 17(1989) no.17, S.126-130

Year

1989

Abstract

The challenge facing the library profession is not only to learn how to identify information needs, but also to create new services and reshape existing service delivery patterns around them. Provides a brief examination of the literature of information needs and information seeking behaviour. Examines problems arising from meeting information needs in an electronic age, and describes a few societal changes that directly affect the way libraries attempt to meet information needs. Emphasises that the challenge of the 1990s is to design research that will help librarians and the information systems with which they work to anticipate a wide range of information needs.

Footnote

Excerpt from 'Rethinking the Library in the Information Age', vol.2, a study conducted by the US Department of Education, Office of Library Programs, Oct. 88.

Theme

Informationsdienstleistungen

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