I'LL EXPLORE SOME OF THE GAPS BETWEEN LIBRARY AUTOMATION AND THE CURRENT NEEDS OF LIBRARIES.
When I look at the academic and research library arena today, I observe a growing disconnect between the strategic priorities of academic libraries and the technology environments in place to support their work. Academic libraries struggle to find the most effective technologies that will help them to fulfill their missions within their larger institutions, to manage their internal operations as efficiently as possible, and to optimally deliver access to their collections and services to their users. One of the overarching concerns that I see today involves narrowing this chasm between the …