The digital library: dos, don'ts and developments

Abstract

The term ‘digital library’ now seems to have become an encompassing term for what was once known as the ‘virtual’ or the ‘electronic’ library. In a stimulating essay on ‘Information Specialists of the Future’, given at the impressive (in terms of contributions) Essen Symposium on the Information Superhighway: The Role of Librarians, Information Scientists and Intermediaries (Essen, Universitatsbibliothek, 1995) Sheila Corrall wondered if the profession is ‘suffering from some sort of identity crisis’ in definitional terms.

Citation

Steele, C. (1995), "The digital library: dos, don'ts and developments", The Electronic Library, Vol. 13 No. 5, pp. 435-437. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb045407