Perspectivas tecnológicas en el libro y las bibliotecas del futuro
| Main Author: | Agenjo, Xavier |
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| Other Authors: | Ribot-García, Luis A. |
| Format: | Proceeding NonPeerReviewed application/pdf |
| Bahasa: | es |
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Sociedad Estatal España Nuevo Milenio
, 2001
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.rclis.org/16353/1/Agenjo_Milenio.pdf http://eprints.rclis.org/16353/ |
Daftar Isi:
- Technological perspectives for books and libraries for the period 2002-2007 are analyzed, focusing on the basic functions of libraries. First, users are already used to new ways of acquiring books, such as Amazon, with interfaces from which OPACs have to "learn" a lot. Technical processes will become more complex and will require the combination of ISBD, AACR2 and MARC 21 around the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) in the line of separating the different elements of a bibliographic description from presentation and displaying for different objectives and to associate specific process orders to certain elements. In Spain it will be needed to create standards committees to replace and extend existing standards to suit the technological environment of the Internet and its explosion of supply and demand information, and to enable the collaboration between archivists, librarians and curators. As for preservation, it must face the fact that it is impossible to deacidify all materials in our libraries. We have to select, to work cooperatively and to develop criteria for defining realistic preservation policies. One way to optimize scarce resources would be through the exchange of reproductions. Another solution recommended to combat acidification is the use of permanent paper. Just as Internet users download their favourite recordings, publishers can print just in time through the network the book that customer demands. Predictably the same conflicts that affect music recordings will affect the book industry. Many of the most requested sources of information by readers are available on the Web and eventually will be accessible for free. The demand for photocopies will be transformed into printing on demand, especially if that information comes from a payment database. Book production is being affected by new information technologies and the industry faces a significant problem on the management of copyright; the Berne principles of the nineteenth century should be reviewed and it is inexcusable not to bring legislation to an impasse in the publishing industry and stifle the creative process. One possible solution is through the pact of those wishing to break into the book market omitting the payment to the right holders, but also by the increasing complexity in copy programs that greatly reduce illegal activities. These same issues will affect the future eBook. Finally it is interpreted that an ordered society, Rawls mode, must have broad access to global information that can only be provided by libraries and to provide this essential public service it should be automated and configured in distributed virtual libraries. Thus libraries will enable widespread access to different cultures, harmoniously, peacefully and democratically.