Public libraries and national information superstructures

Abstract

The information revolution which we are approaching, the IT Information Revolution, is only the last of 4 major information revolutions which have punctuated man's own evolution. The upcoming IT revolution will make different demands on libraries; will offer them different opportunities. If these are not grasped then the eventual future for public libraries may be limited. Technology per se is not, in many senses, an important issue here — it is the way that technology is, or will be, utilized that will be the key. There will be a need to re‐draw operational models of libraries to reflect this revolution and its attendant information superstructures — and this will be far harder than getting access to, or learning to live with, the technology.

Citation

Stubbs, J.F.L. (1995), "Public libraries and national information superstructures", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 47 No. 9, pp. 187-194. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb051394