THE FUTURE SCENARIO OF DIGITAL LIBRARY ERA

摘要

Over the past decade there have been many new initiatives in scholarly communications, digital libraries,and the development of educational, scientific and cultural heritage institutions with significantcommitments to online resources and online services. The future of the digital library is a topic of continuingconcern for the library professionals. Though we face more constraints and technology problems letus lookinto, what means might be found to break open those constraints and encourage visions projected furtherinto the future? And challenge the assumptions about digital libraries that are so deeply rooted in ourthinking by stimulating a creative agenda for the next generation of digital library.