Singaporeâ  s vision of the 21st century library service

Varaprasad, N.

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Varaprasad, N.

Editors

Khoo, C.
Singh, D.
Chaudhry, A.S.

Issue Date

2006

Submitted date

2007-05-23

Keywords

Library Science
Knowledge Management
Libraries
Library and Information Science Education

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Library service
Singapore

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Singaporeâ s vision of the 21st century library service 2006, :10-10

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School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University

Description

Keynote address at A-LIEP 2006.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105628

Abstract

The article scans global and library trends to discuss the future of 21st century libraries. In spite of both the importance and difficulty of addressing the future of libraries, there has been no shortage of attempts to do so. The author draws insights from leading futurist to articulate the relevance of libraries in Singapore. Libraries are important in the context of the evolving experience economy in capturing tacit knowledge and understanding learning patterns. The author posits that library education in the future would have to incorporate both tacit and explicit knowledge management.