VALA2012 Plenary 6 Neiburger Access, schmaccess: libraries in the Age of Information Ubiquity VALA2012 PLENARY 6: Eli Neiburger Thursday 9 February 2012, 15:55 – 17:05 Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2012-proceedings/vala2012-plenary-6-neiburger Eli Neiburger Ann Arbor District Library, USA Please tag your comments, tweets, and blog posts about this plenary presentation: #VALA2012 and #K6EN

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Abstract

Access, schmaccess: libraries in the Age of Information Ubiquity

The 21st century isn’t just here, it’s already 12% over. The presence of ubiquitous access to a global information network, and the cultures that flourish on that network, change everything about Libraries… or do they? Eli will highlight some of the contrasts between the Web Culture of this Century, and the Broadcast Culture of the last century, exploring how the value, mission, and focus of libraries are impacted by this cultural change, which has still barely begun. Maybe the library of the future is not really so different from the library of the past… from a certain point of view.

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