Smarter Libraries through Technology Evolution or Revolution?

摘要

The current slate of technology products and services has come about through the developments of a diverse set of companies, non-profit organizations, and open source Initiatives. The library technology industry has seen an overardhing trend incremental, evolutionary development. There have also-been some episodes where new products have been introduced thut depart substantially from the prevailing path through a more revolutionary vein. Sometimes the revolution has been a minor deviation; in other cases, it has led the way to establishing new trends, which then become the basis for a new wave of evolutionary development.