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LIBER QUARTERLY, ISSN 1435-5205
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LIBER QUARTERLY 14: 290-305
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General Introduction to the Role of the Library for
University Education
by
SIRJE VIRKUS AND SILVI METSAR
INTRODUCTION
Our society is undergoing
a process of rapid change, moving toward what is called the
information society, the knowledge society, the network society or the informational
mode of development (Castells, 1996;
Inglis et al, 2002: 17) refer to the following
features of the current period: dynamic and continuous change and transformation; the
failure of great theories such as Marxism to locate and predict directions of change; the
discontinuous and erratic rather than evolutionary nature
of social change; the
juxtaposition of various images of social, economic and political life and the
transformation of images like Disney world, TV sports and Web pages
into the realities
with which we deal. It is believed that information and knowledge are distinguishing
features of this modern society and the main driver of this change is the growing use of
information and communication technologies (ICT).
Education and training are perceived to be the key elements in the process of change and
central in the development of knowledge-based economies. However,
transformation in
society requires a
