Waiting for the (digital) barbarians
Law, Derek (2009) Waiting for the (digital) barbarians. Information Outlook, 13 (8).
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Abstract
Constantine Cavafy's 1904 poem "Waiting for the Barbarians" provides a useful metaphor for where libraries now find themselves. Decked in our professional finery, we wait for the digital natives to arrive. The danger is that by waiting and not acting, we will, like Cavafy's senators, find that the barbarians never come, because they have passed us by as being irrelevant.
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Item type: Article ID code: 16065 Dates: DateEvent1 December 2009PublishedSubjects: Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Information resources
Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Information resources > Electronic information resourcesDepartment: Professional Services > Information Services Depositing user: Professor Derek Law Date deposited: 18 Feb 2010 09:34 Last modified: 08 Aug 2024 01:01 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/16065
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