LIS 2670 week 11 social issues

1. Social Aspects of Digital Libraries. The final report of UCLA-NSF Social Aspects of Digital Libraries Workshop. http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/research/dig_libraries/index.html
2. The Infinite Library, Wade Roush, Technology Review, 2005. http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/05/issue/feature_library.asp
3. William Y. Arms, “A Viewpoint Analysis of the Digital Library”, D-Lib Magazine, Volume 11 Number 7/8, July/August 2005. http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july05/arms/07arms.html
   

1, Social Aspects of Digital Libraries. The final report of UCLA-NSF Social Aspects of Digital Libraries Workshop

I can not open the links in the page.

2, The Infinite Library, Wade Roush, Technology Review, 2005.

"No one thinks the library is disappearing as a physical space. The real question is, what is the 'value proposition' they offer in a digital future?"-- Abby Smith
I do think this is sentence is very classic. What is the value of library in the digital environment? This is important for librarian to think about now. We have to find the social identity, promote to the public and let them know our values to their life.


3, A viewpoint analysis of the digital library

This paper gives an overview of digital library.

3, A Viewpoint Analysis of the Digital Library