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1、FOCUS.TheUniversityofHongKongLibrariesNewSeries.Vol.5,No.4,Jun2006Content:MessagefromtheLibrarian:TheFutureofLibrariesExhibitionsReadingClubWeValueYourViews:HKUL’sjournalbackfilecollectionsNewandNoteworthySpotlightonTreasuresNotableAcquisitionsFeatureCollection:MICROMEDE

2、X®HealthcareSeriesCollectionAnalysis:UsestudyofnetLibrarye-booksObituaryMessagefromtheLibrarianTheFutureofLibrariesWhatisthefutureoflibraries?ThefutureoflibrariesatHKU?Differencesofopinionaboundonthisissue.Somepeopleseemedconvincedthatwiththeadventoftheelectronicageprint

3、onpaper,includingbooks,thefutureoflibrariesisdoomed.Otherslaughatthisandnotesincethepaperlessofficeisfirstannouncedinthemid-70sinaBusinessWeekarticle,millionsoftreeshavebeencutdowntosupplypaperforbooksandoffices(SeeSellen&Harper,TheMythofthePaperlessOffice,electronicandp

4、apercopiesavailableinourlibrary).Indeeddigitaltechnologyhasonlyimprovedtheproductioncapabilitiesofourprinters.Recently,whenourlibrariansmettogetherinamid-yearretreattocheckonourprogresstowardthisyear’sobjectives,wealsobrainstormedwhatwethoughtlibrariesmightbeliketenyears

5、fromnow.Asmightbeexpectedofagroupoflibrarians,nearlyeveryoneagreedthatintheyear2016wewould:Østillbebuyingbooks;Østillbeoutofspacetostorethesebooksandbesendingthemtostorage;Øandthatlibrarianswouldstillbeneededtohelppeoplefindbooksandelectronicformsofinformation.Wealsodisc

6、ussedanumberofdevelopmentsthatwillhavethepotentialofaffectinglibrariesgreatly,suchastheeffectsof:ØLargernumbersofgraduatestudentsspeakingmoreEnglishandlessChinesefromoutsideHongKong.Thiswillaffectourreferencedeskservicesandthelanguagesusedforinformationmanagementtraining

7、.ØMoreemphasisonresearchleavingtheteachingstaffwithlesstimetoselectlibrarymaterialsthaninthepast.Wewillneedmorelibrarianswithadvancedsubjecttraining.ØTheGooglePrintProgramgivingtheworld10+millionfreepre-1923e-books.Wewillneedtoreviewwhatisinthiscollectionthatisofvaluetoo

8、urstudents,andwewillneedtotrainresearchersonhowtofindtherightmaterials.ØRFID(RadioFrequencyIdentificati