LIBER 39TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE - Statsbiblioteket

PLEnaRy sEssIon 3
Jon oRWant (googLE, usa):
dERIvIng thE LIBRaRy fRom fIRst
PRIncIPLEs
Every year, people are able to access
more information via their computers, and
therefore from offices, homes, and cafes.
What role does this leave for physical
library buildings (public, university, and
research) in the future? In this talk I’ll give
my perspective -- as a Google engineer,
not a librarian -- about some ways in
which library buildings might evolve.
Jon orwant is the Engineering Manager
for Google Books, Magazines, and
Patents. He’s the author or co-author of
several books on programming, including
the bestselling Programming Perl, and
published an independent computer
magazine. Before joining Google he was
the CTO of O’Reilly & Associates and
Director of Research for France Telecom.
30 JunE 2010
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