The thinking around what libraries are and how we can utilize them is changing, as is evidenced by some innovative work being done at the Stanford University Library. Hal Stern, Sun's VP of Global Systems Engineering talks with Stanford's Michael Keller in this latest edition of Innovating@Sun about the shifting paradigm in the world of research, knowledge attainment, and sharing.
According to Keller, we need to think about libraries in a broader sense and realize they have multiple manifestations. He says libraries are places where information is chosen and made available to members of a community. Whether the information artifact is physical or virtual, how we deliver services based on this new paradigm is both complicated and interesting.
The interview discusses:
Keller also notes how they are currently building out features that will allow "Web 3.0" to deliver to readers, automatically, relevant content that is based on previous uses of similar content based on subject, language or author.
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Posted at 06:43AM Apr 23, 2007 by Laura Ventura in Sun [permalink]
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