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Libraries
assess, collect, preserve, organize, provide access
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to
information and promote its use to improve the human
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condition.
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Libraries
are highly burdened to accommodate physical
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and
electronic materials and increasing needs for
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information
by larger and more diverse populations.
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Internet
and WWW offer universal communication and
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publishing
and challenge libraries to reconsider
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fundamental
missions--DLs
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Leverage
the DL challenge to develop a broader vision of
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information
services for the common good: Sharium is a
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metaphor
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