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The Technology Landscape“New applications of technology will enable libraries to shift from their traditional emphasis on the packages of data to furnishing information for decisions and action. Hence, the new technology will provide librarians with the opportunity of developing new concepts of librarianship, having as their main emphasis the provision of information to individuals when and where they need it. Finally, it must be recognized that this new librarianship will evolve step-by-step and in cadence with the cultural evolution of our society.”14 —Fred Kilgour, 1981 Major trendsThe library applications environment is poised in a very interesting way. Long dominated by the Integrated Library System, we are finally seeing a necessary move to a more plural systems environment. This is accompanied by two complementary trends. First, really distributed systems look as if they will emerge at last. And second, many library protocols and standards are being modernized in a “Webby” idiom, making them less library-specific. Accordingly, this section is written around four dominant themes:
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