... the digital future through the development of services based on new technology; preserve the traditions of the public library as an open civic space, and as a key contributor to the lives of local communities. We would like all our services to be provided free to the public at the point of delivery...

...Michael O′Donoghue; William Dickey Academic libraries′ attempts to react positively to changes take many forms. Libraries have been adept at investing in new technology in attempts to cater for their users′ increasingly sophisticated information needs. In some cases, as with electronic mail...

...Craig S. Shaw Concern over stress and burnout in library service has grown, as librarians have had to deal with increased publishing, decreasing budgets, and new technologies. Stress is seen to take its toll on the physiology and behaviour of the individual, resulting in decreased job performance...

... and presents the main conclusions. Notes that it is not just the volume of people and groups using the new technologies in this field but the new ways and new applications to which the technology is being put that is so interesting. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Developing countries Information services...