Access to knowledge and the economic crisis : a chance for libraries?

Date
2010
Authors
Lux, Claudia
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Publisher
Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
Abstract
Paper presented at the Stellenbosch University Library 2010 Symposium / IFLA Presidential Meeting. Knowing is not enough: Engaging in the knowledge economy, 18 to 19 February 2010. From the World Summit of the Information Society to the development of a knowledge economy, libraries are changing their image to take place in the heart of the information society. Access to knowledge through libraries is a key element of the incredible development of libraries all around the world and explains the role of libraries in a modern society. But does it help during a time of economic crisis, when state budgets worldwide are used to finance economic development instead of libraries? There are some examples that this situation gives a chance to libraries with their potential of access to knowledge.
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Keywords
Economic crisis and libraries, Marketing libraries, Acknowledgement of libraries, Public libraries
Citation
Lux, C. 2010. Access to knowledge and the economic crisis : a chance for libraries? Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University