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Abstract
Libraries in a changing environment – case study
in four institutions in the natural sciences
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of
the Icelandic national access to electronic databases and
periodicals and other electronic materials on academic
libraries and information centres, mostly in the field of
natural sciences. The study was a qualitative investigation
where four librarians as well as five scientists were
interviewed. One participant’s observation was made at an
academic library where the fifth librarian was interviewed.
The scientists appeared to be pleased with the electronic
access and they believed it would be hard to do research in
the natural sciences in Iceland without it. Increasing access
to electronic material is changing the workflow of librarians
and the role of academic libraries, so that less time is now
spent processing interlibrary loans, information seeking
and dealing with periodicals on paper. More time is, on the
other hand, spent on making information accessible on the
web and on the publication of material. Scanning of older
material, in order to make it available electronically, is
also increasingly carried out by librarians and information
experts. All the interviewed specialists agreed that
user assistance and public relations in connection with
electronic materials needs to be increased. The interviewed
scientists and librarians all agreed that academic libraries
and information centres will continue to play an important
role in the future in spite of the fundamental changes that
are taking place.