Radically Evolved Library Processes - an Impact of Information Technology

The Transformative Impact of Information Technology on Academic Libraries

Abstract

Information Technology (IT) applied to academic librarieshas been impacting and changing the library organization and management. A multimedia system records,processes, stores and delivers all types of information in binary code the sameway as a computer does. Learning in the twenty-first century increasingly boundup with work and everyday life. It required on demand and organized in such away that it fits the lifestyle and needs of individuals. Learners seekeducation and training from a wide variety of suppliers around the world.Learners have to make a decision, and as a result of that decision the computerdirects them through multimedia.