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The implications of current and future initiatives for libraries
Author(s) -
Naylor Bernard
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1002/leap/70018
Subject(s) - unanimity , purchasing , measure (data warehouse) , current (fluid) , computer science , data science , business , political science , marketing , data mining , engineering , law , electrical engineering
Suggests that, while there may be some confidence and a measure of unanimity about the likely eventual future pattern of research communication, there is much uncertainty about timescales and intermediate scenarios, and contrasts the ‘just in case’ and ‘just in time’ models for library purchasing.