The
future of Information Sciences
Cases studies in American resources centers
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> Table of Contents
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Purpose • Method • Information
sciences with the Internet • Internet
and Libraries : the impact on statistics’ frequentation • The
Internet and librarians • Public services
in Americans libraries • Americans Librarians’ daily
practices • What could we learn from
Americans practices ? • Thanks
> Purpose
According to the INSEE*, the French Institute
of Statistics, one French people out of four uses Internet
daily. Internet is the first source for practical information
(do-it-yourself, kids’ needs, duties, personal development …),
and one household out of four has an Internet connection.
The French government promotes the development of Internet
by equipping public spaces with Wireless, or by disseminating
civic information and downloadable reports on Internet. Recently,
the French Government decided to stop the printed edition
of the “Official Journal of Laws”. Now, it is
available online only. This Website proposes many services
: documents available by topics, full-text search, last published
documents…
This example illustrates the evolutions that happened recently
with the development of the Internet technologies : users
can now reach instantaneously the full-texts documents from
house without any help.
Therefore, the first purpose of my study is to draw up the
current assessment of the Internet’s offer in term
of content management. The second purpose is to know how
is the impact of this technological development on libraries
: about users’ statistics frequentation ; about librarians’ daily
practices. The last purpose is to try having a prospective
vision of the future of information sciences, while taking
as a starting point the practices of Americans libraries.
This report also gives me the opportunity to bring new ideas
to the IAURIF’s library and to develop the Urbamet
network towards the USA.
Galvin Library (Chicago, USA)
* Internet au quotidien : un Français
sur quatre.- Insee Première, n°1076, Mai 2006.
www.insee.fr/fr/ffc/docs_ffc/IP1076.pdf
Acknowledgments
Thanks to :
Sandra Newman, Marsha Schachtel, Institute for Policy Studies,
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
Interviews and meetings :
Lynn Stuart, Jim Gillispie and David Reynolds – Sheridan
Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
Mary Logan – Baltimore Metropolitan Council, Baltimore
MD
Matt Cook – Illinois Institute for Technology, Chicago
IL
Shannon Paul – American Planning Association, Chicago
IL
David Deckelbaum – University of California, Los Angeles
CA
Denise Hibay and Robert Armitage – New York Public
Library
Luc Declerck - University of California, San Diego CA
Joan Campbell and Rick Davis– Urban Land Institute,
Washington DC
Nancy Minter – Urban Institute, Washington DC
Author
Julien Cammas (IAURIF) |
