Pace, Andrew K.

The ultimate digital library where the new information players meet / [electronic resource] : Andrew K. Pace. - Chicago, Ill. : American Library Association, 2003. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-160) and index.

Strange bedfellows : libraries and their vendors -- Sizing up the dot-com competition -- Business challenges to library practices -- Business models for digital library services -- Sheep in wolves' clothing : working inside and outside the library -- Libraries are not all business -- First principles : patron privacy, anonymity, and confidentiality -- Radical notions and conclusions.

9780838908440 9780838998731 (electronic bk.)


Libraries--Automation.
Electronic information resources.
Online information services industry.
Libraries and electronic publishing.
Libraries--Marketing.
Digital libraries.

Z678.9 / .P26 2003