Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:12:35 +0530 From: sathya Sukhdev The scenerio imagined by you is very likely to happen and is already happening partially. Access models will break the current campus and IP-restriction barrior making authenticated access from home a reality. Academic & Research Librareis will either disappear or will become vendors. Considering the fact that higher education is gradually moving in the direction of student-funding, this scenerio is not unlikely. Access cost @10% of total educational cost looks very high, but very encouraging for libraries to turn vendors! Sathya ---------------------------------- N V Sathyanarayana Informatics (India) Ltd Bangalore 560003, India. www.informindia.co.in ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mailing List Manager" To: Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 4:03 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] 2020 Shape of Academic and Research Libraries

Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:33:59 +0530 From: Sukhdev Singh

Year 2020 - Online is In and Paper is Out:

Let us assume by the year 2020: -- All content required for teaching, learning and research is available online. -- 24/7 Access is available for free or fee. -- Online content is well indexed and rated. -- Vendors provide single point access to premium content and organized free content. -- Access is available at a cost, which is less then 10 % of the total educational cost of a postgraduate student.

What would be shape [should I call future?] of Academic and Research Libraries? Any wild guesses?

Let us dare to imagine.

Comments Please.

--Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in

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