Chapter 9. Visions
Future, past, and present
Whither digital libraries? Where are we headed, where have we come from, and what should we be doing now? This chapter looks at the past, present, and future—but not in that order.
Whither digital libraries? Where are we headed, where have we come from, and what should we be doing now? This chapter looks at the past, present, and future—but not in that order.
This book begins with a whirlwind tour of the history of 25 centuries of physical libraries. A whirlwind tour of prognostications for the first 25 centuries of digital libraries, starting today, would be an excellent way to end. But predictions about technology are futile. We cannot foresee even the next 25 years: in fact, given the rate of change ...
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