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Libraries of the Future
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Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 18:55:26 -0400
From: Julia C Blixrud
Cross-posted to several lists. Apologies for duplication.
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 16, 1994
ANALYTICAL REVIEW OF THE LIBRARY OF THE FUTURE Available from the Council on Library Resources
The Council on Library Resources announces the publication of Analytical Review of the Library of the Future.
In order to provide a synthesis of the current thinking about the library of the future, Dr. Karen M. Drabenstott, University of Michigan School of Information and Library Studies, examined published literature of the library and publishing communities from the early 1980's to date. An extensive bibliography was compiled and the Analytical Review of the Library of the Future summarizes the trends, topics, issues, and concerns identified by the many individuals writing about the library of the future. Included in the report is a collection of definitions, overviews of current technologies and tools, a discussion of digital library models, brief descriptions of active projects, and a concluding thinkpiece on the future that incorporates observations based on the literature. The report includes a bibliography of the cited literature (about half of the citations collected) as well as a combined author- subject index. Research assistance for the project was provided by Celeste M. Burman.
Published copies of the Analytical Review of the Library of the Future (200 pages bound and printed) are available from the Council on Library Resources for $15.00 prepaid. (International orders, please add $5.00 for additional shipping charges.)
Diskettes (3.5-inch) of the Pro-Cite (TM) bibliography of the library of the future literature (375 entries) also may be obtained from the Council on Library Resources for $5.00 prepaid.
Send prepaid orders to: Council on Library Resources 1400 16th St. N.W., Suite 510 Washington, DC 20036-2217
The Analytical Review and its associated Pro-Cite(TM) bibliography of library-of-the-future literature may be obtained over the Internet using anonymous FTP. The FTP host name is "sils.umich.edu." When the system asks you for a user name and a password, type the user name "anonymous" and type your electronic mail address (or last name) for the password. The directory in which the documents are located is /pub/papers/CLR.
Although the files in the anonymous FTP directory are made available in several formats, it is strongly suggested that you obtain the Review in Postscript or PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file formats to preserve layout, paging, and type fonts. The formats of fields in the anonymous FTP directory are as follows:
File Names Description and Format:
CLRRVW.pdf Review in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format CLRRVW.ps Review in Postscript format CLRRVW.ASC Review in ASCII format CLRRVW.sit.hqx Review in Microsoft Word 5.1a (Mac, stuffed and bin-hexed) CLRBIB.ASC Bibliography in ASCII format (warning: long lines) CLRBIB.ZIP Bibliography in DOS ProCite format, ZIPed
To retrieve the CLRRVW.sit.hqx file, you will need a copy of the BinHex and UnStuffIt utilities for Macintosh. These are free, public-domain utilities that can be obtained via anonymous FTP from "archive.umich.edu" in the directory /mac/utilities/compression. To use the file, you will need Microsoft Word 5.1a for the Macintosh. To unzip the CLRBIB.ZIP file, you will need a copy of UNZIP, which can be found at the anonymous FTP site "archive.umich.edu" in the directories /msdos/compress/zip (DOS) and /mac/util/compression (Mac). To use the files, you will need a copy of Pro- Cite(TM) for DOS, which is available from Personal Bibliographic Software, Inc.
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Julia C. Blixrud, Program Officer Council on Library Resources 1400 16th Street, N.W., Suite 510 Washington, D.C. 20036-2217 Internet: jblix@cni.org (202) 483-7474 ```
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