The movement toward digital libraries requires rethinking for numerous issues - models of institutional organization,definition of the user community and user-oriented services, acquisition of information sources, organization of those sources and economic models. These issues are made all the more complex when considered on the large scale envisioned for emerging digital libraries, and many of them will not be solved simply by application of new technology.Indeed, many of the problems are excaberated by the rapid advance in technology, and solutions must be looked for more in the social, policy, and legal arena.
07.06.1994
