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Librarianship in the 21st Century: a British Library Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2008

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Abstract

Jonathan Sims looks at the way the British Library has been redefining its role in light of the changing environment of society's information revolution. An overview of challenges from the information society and the institutional complex is followed by descriptions of how the Library is responding through content strategy and programmes for digitisation, digital preservation and web archiving. A brief look is also taken at the new social science strategy and a new content specialist role for law and socio-legal studies.

Keywords

British librarynational librarieslibrarianship
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Articles
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , June 2008 , pp. 84 - 91
Copyright
Copyright © The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 2008

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