National Library of Australia Staff Papers, 1999

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Future Systems – Brave New World?

Margaret Kennedy

Abstract


Over the last two decades a revolution has taken place which irrevocably changes the way we work as cataloguers.

The rapid growth of online library systems and the resultant evolution of cataloguing and access standards and technologies to exploit the online environment have placed us on the threshold of a “Brave New World”, with opportunities and challenges limited only by our ability to cope with such rapid change, given limited resources and diminishing budgets.

Our existence is not threatened, as some prophets of doom have predicted. Our knowledge, skills and experience as information managers are even more valuable and relevant in the digital age.


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