Gertrude Koh - Libraries & the Internet - kohgsl@email.dom.edu - http://domin.dom.edu/faculty/kohgsl/index.htm 
updated 01/98; 
07/98; 01/99; 01/03 
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The Future ?

    $ $ $ or, Money, Money, Money 
    • Internet availability of commercial services 
    • Commercialization of "free sites" (graduate student projects) 

      • Access to the 'Net will cost libraries 
      - Telecomm Act 

    Rapid and Radical Change 
    • More money! Investments in training, equipment, software upgrades, and time spent in learning and adjusting to new materials. 

      • Impact on staff morale - People who are not empowered to deal with their environments as they see fit, will become frustrated when that environment is rapidly changing and out of their control. 

    Changes in Patrons 
    • Internet patrons 
    • Information "have-nots" 
    • Intellectual property
    • Copyright