TY  - JOUR
AB  - As libraries and information services address the needs of users in an increasingly networked environment, there is a need for theoretical models to underpin research, development and practice. The characteristics and roles of traditional libraries and information services are described, and a variety of predictions about their future are examined. A number of recent models of the ‘electronic’ or ‘digital’ library are analysed, and the concept of the ‘hybrid’ library is described. On this basis a generic model of the library, using that term in its broadest sense, is developed. A number of application areas are identified.
VL  - 56
IS  - 2
SN  - 0022-0418
DO  - 10.1108/EUM0000000007113
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000007113
AU  - Brophy Peter
PY  - 2000
Y1  - 2000/01/01
TI  - Towards a generic model of information and library services in the information age
T2  - Journal of Documentation
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 161
EP  - 184
Y2  - 2024/04/18
ER  -