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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 406 980 IR 056 355 AUTHOR Helal, Ahmed H., Ed.; Weiss, Joachim W., Ed. TITLE Towards a Worldwide Library: A Ten Year Forecast. Proceedings of the International Essen Symposium (19th, Essen, Germany, September 23-26, 1996). Publications of Essen University Library, No. 21. INSTITUTION Essen Univ. (Germany). Library. REPORT NO ISSN-0931-7503; ISBN-3-922602-22-3 PUB DATE 97 NOTE 354p. PUB TYPE Collected Works - Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC15 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Academic Libraries; Access to Information; *Electronic Libraries; Foreign Countries; *Futures (of Society); Higher Education; Information Dissemination; *Information Technology; Internet; Librarians; Library Administration; *Library Development; *Library Role; Library Services; Organizational Change; Research Libraries; Strategic Planning; *Technological Advancement; Total Quality Management; World Wide Web IDENTIFIERS Information Age ABSTRACT The 25 papers presented at this symposium focus on the future of libraries and library services in an ever evolving Information Age. The papers deal with topics such as: economic and political issues in determining the future of the professionally managed library; adding value to library services; the need for librarians and library educators who are masters of both book forms and electronic information retrieval; the revival of the Ancient Library of Alexandria project; managing organizational change; strategic planning and management of change; the local academic library within the worldwide context; choice and voice in determination of research librarian roles; a new kind of strategic planning in which flexibility and adaptability to change are key elements; new services in academic libraries through institutional alignment and leadership; challenges of digital information for research libraries; how technology may help or hinder the development of the digital library; SwetsNet(R) as an electronic agent for libraries and publishers; evaluation in the digital library; multilingual access to libraries' databases; a model for the electronic university library; new tasks and developments in bibliographic utilities and library networks; a comparison of online search engines and search strategies; the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's journal storage project; the LAIRD (Libraries and Archives Integrated Resources Database) source for Scottish culture; Internet search engines; using the World Wide Web to disseminate information on the Internet; providing public access to information over the Internet; document delivery towards the Year 2000; and a 10-year forecast of developments in information science and technology. The symposium agenda, a list of participants, and a list of participating vendors are provided. Contains an index. (AEF) Veroffentlichungen der Universitatsbibliothek Essen 21 Publications of Essen University Library 21 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. ;Towards a Worldwide Library : A Ten Year Forecast "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS tMATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY A.H. Helal TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES .INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." Edited by Ahmed H. Helal Joachim W. Weiss Universitatsbibliothek Essen BEST COPY AVAILABLE Veroffentlichungen der Universitatsbibliothek Essen ISSN 0931-7503 Publications of Essen University Library ISSN 0931-7503 Edited by Ahmed H. Helal Joachim W. Weiss Vol. 1 Current Trends in Serials Automation Essen Symposium 6 Oct. - 8 Oct. 1980 3-922602-01-0 Vol. 2 Hierarchical Relationships in Bibliographic Descriptions Library Systems Seminar Essen 25 March 27 March 1981 3-922602-05-3 (out of print) Vol. 3 Workshop zur Benutzerschulung 1 April3 April 1981 3-922602-03-7 (out of print) Vol. 4 Future of Library Networks Essen Symposium 16 Sept.18 Sept. 1981 3-922602-04-5 (out of print) Vol. 5 Increasing Productivity through Library Automation Essen Symposium 11 Oct.14 Oct. 1982 3-922602-06-1 (out of print) continued on last pages 3 4 Ode to Ahmed Helal The Essen Librarian's Symposium has a status unique in the field. A place in this august gathering is not one you'd willingly yield. It began at the start of the eighties and has gone on for seventeen years, It's not about eating and drinking but about sharing your hopes and your fears. Delegates come from all over, from north, south, east and from west, It attracts the high and the mighty, the cleverest and always the best. The Symposium is Helal's legacy to the world of librarianship. Long may it continue to flourish, giving vision and fellowship. Ahmed, we will miss your warm welcome and your cheerful, smiling face. For your moiling 'rrrs' and dam-k mischief, in our hearts there is always a place. Happy rrretirement Bernard Gallivan Universitatsbibliothek Essen Essen University Library Towards a Worldwide Library : A Ten Year Forecast 19th International Essen Symposium 23 September 26 September 1996 Edited by Ahmed H. Helal Joachim W. Weiss Universitatsbibliothek Essen Essen 1997 Towards a worldwide library : a ten year forecast / 19th International Essen Symposium 23 September 26 September 1996. Ed. by Ahmed H. Helal Essen, 1997. - XLIV, 291 S. (Publications of Essen University Library ; 21) ISBN 3-922602-22-3 NE: International Essen Symposium <19, 1996 >; Helal, Ahmed H. [Hrsg.]; GT © 1997 byUniversitatsbibliothek Essen Essen University Library Editorial coordination and realization: Doris Pohl Layout: Jeanette Sellinat Printed: Postberg Druck GmbH, Bottrop OThis publication is printed on perinanent paper conforming to ISO (DIN-ISO) 9706. Authors are responsible for the presentation of their articles and for the opinion expressed therein. Any part of this publication may be photocopied for the non-commercial purpose of scholarship or research provided the source is acknowledged, except where other copyright is indicated. ISSN 0931-7503 ISBN 3-922602-22-3 7 Table of Contents Preface XI Agenda of the Seminar XVII List of Participants XXI Participating Vendors XLI Herbert S. White Economic and Political Issues in Determining the Future of the Professionally Managed Library over the Next Ten Years 1 Ray Lester The Need to Add Value 13 Irene Sever Educating Librarians for a Worldwide Library: Skills and Curricula 32 Mohsen Zahran BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA: Revival of the Ancient Library of Alexandria Project 41 Richard M. Dougherty Navigating Permanent "Whitewater" of Organizational Change 53 Sheila Corrall Creating Change without Chaos: Preparing Libraries for the 21st Century 66 Margaret Beckman / John B. Black The Local Academic Library within the Worldwide Context: Changes, Directions, Realities 78 Anthony M. Angiletta The Morphing of Research Librarians in the New World: Or, Myths and Realities of Professional Choice and Voice 88 8 Maurice B. Line Chaos, Strategy and Planning: Can They be Reconciled? 102 Greg Anderson Re-Engineering the Academic Library: New Services through Institutional Alignment & Leadership 115 Sul H. Lee Challenges of Digital Information for Research Libraries 136 Frank B. Oliver How Technology May Help or Hinder the Development of the Digital Library 144 Pieter Rustenburg Swets as an Electronic Agent for Libraries and Publishers: SwetsNet® - The Electronic Warehouse 154 (full paper not received in time due to extraordinary circumstances) Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster Evaluation in the Context of the Digital Library 156 Genevieve Clavel-Merrin Multilingual Access to Libraries' Databases 168 Mel W. Collier A Model for the Electronic University Library 180 Ronald Michael Schmidt Libraries, Bibliographic Utilities and Library Networks: Looking ahead 191 Eugene Garfield Agony and Ecstasy of the Internet: Experiences of an Information Scientist Qua Publisher 202 Richard De Gennaro JSTOR: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Journal Storage Project 223 9 Bernard Gallivan LAIRD and the Curriculum plus a short note on The Future of National Libraries in Britain 231 Andrew G. Torok Internet Search Engines: Are Users Ready? 241 James A. West The Intranet: Using the World Wide Web to Disseminate Information over the Internet 254 Paul Nieuwenhuysen / Patrick Vanouplines Providing Public Access to Information on the Internet 262 Sue Orchard Document Delivery towards the Year 2000 276 Susan K. Martin Conference Summary 285 Index 288 10 XI 19th International Essen Symposium 1996 Essen University Library Towards a Worldwide Library : A Ten Year Forecast 23 September 26 September 1996 Preface The annual International Essen Symposium which was the 19th in its series was held in Essen University Library during the period from 23rd to 26th September, 1996 with full registration of about 110 invited participants, 24 speakers, and 16 vendors. Representatives and speakers, from 15 coun- tries, in the field of library automation, information technology, consult- ants, and worldwide known colleagues in international library activities, shared in the international gathering. The topic of the 19th International Essen Symposium was "Towards a Worldwide Library : A Ten Year Forecast". As in the last two decades the Essen Symposium attracted internationally distinguished colleagues who expressed their thoughts how the libraries and information centers should act and react for the