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Singapore’s vision of the 21st century library service

Varaprasad, N. (2006) Singapore’s vision of the 21st century library service. In Khoo, C. and Singh, D. and Chaudhry, A.S., Eds. Proceedings A-LIEP 2006: Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education & Practice 2006, pages pp. 10-10, Singapore.

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Abstract

The article scans global and library trends to discuss the future of 21st century libraries. In spite of both the importance and difficulty of addressing the future of libraries, there has been no shortage of attempts to do so. The author draws insights from leading futurist to articulate the relevance of libraries in Singapore. Libraries are important in the context of the evolving experience economy in capturing tacit knowledge and understanding learning patterns. The author posits that library education in the future would have to incorporate both tacit and explicit knowledge management.

EPrint Type:Conference Paper
Keywords:Library service, Singapore
Subjects:Library Science
Knowledge Management
Libraries
Library and Information Science Education
ID Code:1340
Deposited On:23 May 2007
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