智慧城市、智慧图书馆与智慧图书馆员

Smart Cities,Smart Libraries,and Smart Librarians

指出城市对于经济与社会发展的重要意义,讨论"智慧城市"的特征以及图书馆和信息服务可为智慧城市发展做出的贡献。文章指出,所有图书馆都需要"智慧图书馆员"的存在,并强调图书馆员不但应具备高水平的技能和职业信念,还需要证明、并促使企业和政府决策者们能充分认识和理解到图书馆确实发挥出了与众不同的积极作用。

The paper notes the importance of cities in economic and social development. It discusses the characteristics of ＇smart cities＇ and some of the roles that libraries and information services may contribute to their development. It points to the need for ＇smart librarians＇ in all libraries, and emphasises not only the high level of skills and commitment required, but also the need for them to demonstrate that libraries do make a difference and to ensure that that is well understood by the decision makers in corporations and government.