Library 2020: the vision versus the reality
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24917/2299565X.18.1Keywords:
COVID-19 and libraries, world libraries, technical services, librarian services online, librarians, digital libraries,Abstract
The article is divided into two parts. The first one presents visions and predictions how the world of libraries will be in 2020 (based on the publication of Joseph Janes Library 2020: Today's Leading Visionaries Describe Tomorrow's Library, published in 2013). The second part presents the clash of 2013 ideas with the reality of 2020, the year of a global pandemic, based on descriptions of activities of libraries in Italy, Ireland, Argentina, the United States of America and China.
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