Share Paper: The digital ecosystem of the library based on trend analysis of international library strategies

  1. Tünde Lengyel Molnár, Eszterhazy Karoly University, Hungary

Abstract: The cultural paradigm change taking place in the world significantly alters the functioning of societies. Since libraries are involved in the transmission of culture and values, these institutions are extremely sensitive to the factors impacting social life. Consequently, libraries have to face significant challenges including: • the new technological environment emerging as a result of the Fourth Industrial Revolution • the changing global economic perspectives leading to the transformation of governmental financing systems impacting libraries in a negative manner • the changing practices of information consumption as a result of the impact of the Internet What can libraries do to ...