Future of Libraries in the Cyber-Physical Society

• 作者: Tünde Lengyel Molnár
• 来源期刊: 美中外语:英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: library strategies ICT in library cyber-physical society Fourth Industrial Revolution
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（9）
• 页码范围: 283-290
• 页数: 8页
• 分类号: H31

摘要

The Fourth Industrial Revolution leads to cyber-physical systems facilitating communication not only betweenmachines and people, but between machines themselves (Straub, 2015). Such radical changes give rise to thecyber-physical society including not only the physical and virtual spaces, but the human social and cultural sphereas well (Monostori, 2019). Several professions and trades disappear and new ones emerge on the labour marketwhile the skills required of employees have changed too (World Economy Forum, 2018). Hence the need forinstitutions capable of preparing people to meet such challenges becomes pressing. In the United States libraries areexpected to train the population for the use of technological devices brought about by the Fourth IndustrialRevolution along with improving the respective digital competence levels (Horrigan, 2016). Furthermore, variousinternational strategies and the changing learning environment assign new tasks for libraries. Thus in the 21stcentury, in addition to their traditional function libraries have to become (1) digital education centres, (2) learningenvironments, (3) on-line educational spaces. Based upon data obtained via computerized qualitative contentanalysis of international strategies, my presentation focuses on the changing tasks and future perspectives oflibraries.