从历史、现实看图书馆的未来

THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF LIBRARIES FROM THE HISTORY AND PRESENT STATE

简策同帛书、写本抄本刻版同活字印刷图书,相互共存是一个很长的时间。数字图书要一统天下,仍需同印刷型图书共存很长时间。数字图书馆会把因特网和传统图书馆的优点扩展到最大限度,把两者的缺点缩减到最低限度。做到:文献信息量最大,使用又最为方便。

Bamboo slips strung together,books copied on silk,hand-written copies,hand-copied books,block-printed editions and movable-type printing books existed for a long time. The digital libraries which attempt to dominate over all the world, and printed libraries still exist side by side for a long time. The digital libraries can expand the greatest advantages of internet and traditional libraries and reduce the weakness to a minimum. It has large volume of information and good usage.