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The Digital Library: A Biography, Suzanne E. Thorin, Daniel Greenstein
The Digital Library: A Biography, Suzanne E. Thorin, Daniel Greenstein
Libraries' and Librarians' Publications
The idea for the study took shape in a New York City steakhouse where four DLF directors met to reflect on the new roles and responsibilities that were emerging for their libraries as they entered an increasingly networked digital age.1 Realizing that lessons from the past were easier and perhaps more predictive than prognostications about the future, they suggested that a study of DLF member programs would reveal the history, aims, organization, and immediate challenges in their libraries The study progressed quickly, following the development of a lengthy (104-question) survey that was received and completed without complaint at DLF member …