The university library of the future will be sparsely staffed, highly decentralized, and have a physical plant consisting of little more than special collections and study areas.
“We're already starting to see a move on the part of university libraries... to outsource virtually all the services [they have] developed and maintained over the years,”
administrators are more likely than ever to explore the dramatic restructuring of library operations.
he doubted university libraries would transform on the 7-to-10-year time scale