Current trends and Practices in Library Technologies
Abstract: In this Keynote presentation, Marshall Breeding will give an overview of current and emerging trends in the products and services used by libraries for resource management, discovery, and other aspects of their operations and services. Breeding will discuss topics including trends for library management systems based on open source software and those provided as proprietary products, different models of resource management, discovery interfaces and index-based discovery services, and the increasingly different requirements across library types. Emphases will be given to the trends seen in countries such as India compared to other global regions.