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General Introduction to the Role of the Library for University Education
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LIBER QUARTERLY, ISSN 1435-5205

© LIBER 2004. All rights reserved 
K.G. Saur, Munich, Printed in Germany 
 
LIBER QUARTERLY 14: 290-305 
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General Introduction to the Role of the Library for 
University Education 
by
SIRJE VIRKUS AND SILVI METSAR 
INTRODUCTION 
Our society is undergoing a process of rapid change, moving toward what is called the 
information society, the knowledge society, the network society or the informational 
mode of development (Castells, 1996; Inglis et al, 2002: 17) refer to the following 
features of the current period: dynamic and continuous change and transformation; the 
failure of great theories such as Marxism to locate and predict directions of change; the 
discontinuous and erratic rather than evolutionary nature of social change; the 
juxtaposition of various images of social, economic and political life and the 
transformation of images like Disney world, TV sports and Web pages into the realities 
with which we deal. It is believed that information and knowledge are distinguishing 
features of this modern society and the main driver of this change is the growing use of 
information and communication technologies (ICT). 
Education and training are perceived to be the key elements in the process of change and 
central in the development of knowledge-based economies. However, transformation in 
society requires a

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