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Saturday, July 13, 2002
http://libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA220892&display=Digital+Li Digital Libraries- The Engines of Innovation Roy Tennant You don't need to be a futurist or a rocket scientist to know that our profession is rapidly changing. Our clienteles—not to mention their abilities and needs—are changing demographically, and the tools we use to do our work are different. The very content that we buy and provide access to is more diverse and often requires delivery in entirely new ways. Such interesting times require imagination and innovation to create collections and services. Many libraries are rising to these challenges and taking advantage of new opportunities. Some are experimenting with online reference service, while others are experimenting with loaning e-books. Many more examples of library innovations (e-journals, local databases, tutorials, etc.) can be found at the web site Innovative Internet Applications in Libraries. Some of these projects may result in important, ongoing services, while others will fail. But even failures provide important lessons, and risk is an unavoidable part of innovation....
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