关于印本文献在未来图书馆的命运的思考——读《坚忍与刚毅——西方图书世界的人、史、地》

Thinking about the Fate of the Print Literature in the Future Libraries:Read Patience & Fortitude: The Roving Chronicle of Book People,Book Places,and Book Culture

尼古拉斯·A·巴斯贝恩在其著作《坚忍与刚毅——西方图书世界的人、史、地》中就印本文献在未来图书馆的重要地位,印本文献与数字文献在未来图书馆的分配,低利用率印本文献的储存以及印本文献与图书馆的建筑设计作了诸多讨论。这对于我们看待印本文献在未来图书馆的命运很有启示意义,包括印本文献在短期内不会消亡,现代技术并不能取代庞大的印刷收藏,低利用率文献的处理方式以及现代图书馆建筑设计仍须充分考虑印本文献的特性等。

Nicholas A. Basbanes made a lot of discussion in his book Patience ＆ Fortitude：The Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture such as the important role of the print literature and the distribution between the print and digital litera- ture in the future libraries, the storage of lowly - utilized print literature and the architectural design of libraries. The discussion gives us a lot of inspiration about the fate of the print literature in the future libraries, including that the print literature will not die in short term, modem technology can＂ t replace the huge print collection, the way to handle the lowly - utilized print literature, and the design of the library building must give full consideration to the characteristics of the print literature. 20 refs.