Research Libraries -- Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: A Selection of Papers Presented at the International Seminars, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Library Center, Kanazawa, Japan, 1982-1992

In 1982 the Kanazawa Institute of Technology Library Center inaugurated an international seminar program and invited noted scholars from all over the world to participate. This volume brings together distinguished papers presented over the past ten years.

Thirty-three papers organized into five broad subject areas—research libraries in the Twenty-first century; information access in the new era; new technology, new media, and library buildings; library education; preservation of research mat...