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User experience in public and academic libraries

A couple of recent events got me thinking about differences and similarities of public and academic libraries in the digital age. I used to think that current and future digital developments would in the end result in public and academic libraries moving closer to each other, but […]

April 9, 2010January 12, 2020Libraryacademic libraries, dbup10, digital branch, future, innovation, libraries, library types, public libraries, special libraries, ugul10, university libraries, user experience

No future for libraries?

Will library buildings and library catalogs survive the web? Some weeks ago a couple of issues appeared in the twitter/blogosphere (or at least MY twitter/blogoshere) related to the future of the library in this digital era. There was the Espresso book machine that prints books on demand […]

May 24, 2009January 12, 2020Librarycatalog, collection, communities, future, library, next generation, open stack, people