Os Novos Materiais Bibliográficos e a Gestão da Informação: livro eletrônico e biblioteca eletrônica na América Latina e Caribe

Abstract

Huge changes have been carried out in the procedures of production, transmission and use of knowledge, disregarding traditional supports such as printed books, journal and serials. Electronic publications enhancement has produced other supports and possibilities of access, requiring that libraries review their management patterns in order to include these new products. On the order hand, information relevance in planning, management and development of countries has to be considered. In Latin America and the Caribbean these tools are increasingly being purchased, despite financial and social restraints. Consequently, library managers should concentrate on this situation, to be prepared to deal appropriately with this challenge

Bibliographic information sources; Electronic book; Electronic library; Information management; Latin America and the Caribbean