Introduction : our world now scales -- Our web wide world -- The case for webscale -- Libraries operating at webscale -- Big collaboration -- Appendix A : world views -- Appendix B : People consulted.
Summary:
Presents the environmental forces currently reshaping the information landscape, defines how organizations operate at "webscale", and takes a closer look specifically at how the challenges and opportunities of operating in a worldwide connected information environment impact libraries, and how operating at webscale can increase efficiencies and impact for both local and global communities. Also addresses the increased importance of collaboration to achieve these results.
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