1. Libraries & the Net Karen Coyle karen.coyle@ucop.edu

3. The InternetThe Library Karen Coyle 1998 Size: Does it Matter? z50 million Web pagesz 25 million books with many pages each z 10’s of thousands of newspapers z ~ 1 million journals

4. The InternetThe Library Karen Coyle 1998 The Knowledge Continuum zMost files added since early nineties z Hundreds of years of written knowledge

5. The InternetThe Library Karen Coyle 1998 Service zEntirely self-service z Provides extensive face-to-face service to users

6. The InternetThe Library Karen Coyle 1998 Finding information zKeywords in full text from various vendors z Has standard information retrieval tools

7. The InternetThe Library Karen Coyle 1998 Kid-friendly? z Has well-established service to children and young adults

8. The InternetThe Library Karen Coyle 1998 Kid-friendly? zDoesn’t quite know what to do with kids z Has well-established service to children and young adults

9. The InternetThe Library Karen Coyle 1998 The Freedom to Read zMay not uphold the First Amendment z Is definitely a First Amendment institution

10. The InternetThe Library Karen Coyle 1998 Reader privacy zNo privacy protection for users z Strong policies on patron confidentiality

11. The InternetThe Library Karen Coyle 1998 The Collection zIs an undifferentiated mass of documents and information z Is an organized collection of cultural expression

12. The InternetThe Library Knowing what you have zNo idea what is and isn’t on the Internet z Library catalog is also an inventory of holdings

13. The InternetThe Library Preservation zNo organized preservation effort z Libraries and archives do preservation for whole society

14. The InternetThe Library Durable Goods? zTape zCD ROM zHard drives z Paper z Film z Tape

15. The InternetThe Library Karen Coyle 1998 The Funding Model zTakes advertisingz Does not take advertising

16. The InternetThe Library Basic Goals zInformation management zCommerce z Knowledge for a democratic populace

17. The InternetThe Library Karen Coyle 1998 zFast, universal access to time-sensitive information z Provide intellectual context for current events Working Together

18. The InternetThe Library Karen Coyle 1998 zBring the world into every library, regardless of size or location z Provide a physical location in the community for information inquiry Working Together

19. The InternetThe Library Karen Coyle 1998 zGive librarians full employment z Offer skilled professionals and proven tools Working Together

20. The Future of Libraries Isn’t a question of books vs. digital But.... whether today’s library values be represented in the future information environment

21. Karen Coyle’s Home Page www.dla.ucop.edu/~kec