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Biblioteke i muzeji budućnosti
Libraries and the museums of the future

Author(s): Edin Hadžikadunić
Subject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies
Published by: Asocijacija informacijskih stručnjaka – bibliotekara, arhivista i muzeologa
Keywords: libraries of the future; museums of the future; inteligent technologies; literacy

Summary/Abstract: The state of affairs in the global as well as in individual societies, has significatly changed with the emergence of the informational era. The position of all media has also changed. Museums and libraries are becoming media with the prime purpose of communication. Communication involves not only the rational level, but also permiates all levels of communication based on perceptive, emotional, social and ethical reactions on library and museum collections. In these new circumstances being formed by global proccesses the role of libraries and museums is not diminished, on the contrary it is significantly enhanced through the usage of contemporary informational-comunicational technologies. These "modern" libraries and museums will improve the literacy of the individual as well as society as a whole.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 144-158
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Bosnian