The Role and Value of Public Libraries in the Age of Digital Technologies

Svanhild Aabo

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science Vol. 37, No. 4 (2005) pp. 205–211

Discusses public libraries' role and value in the age of digital technologies. Reassessments of their role due to technological development and widespread public use of the Internet are analysed. Central challenges of the digital society, including...