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Article: CONTENT ANXIETIES IN A DIGITAL AGE.(British Library)
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- Information World Review
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- June 5, 2006
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Byline: Tracey Caldwell
CONTENT ANXIETIES
IN A DIGITAL AGE
The British Library has a budget to die for. Yet the massive increase in the volume of information being produced, and rapid changes in the way this content is being accessed, has forced the BL to start making some hard decisions.
The BL is on a mission to banish the popular misconception that it collects everything, and is enlisting the help and support of its users and researchers to decide what it should collect and connect to. At the same time, it is working to maintain its role as a visionary and relevant national library.
In April, the BL published the first ...