From Content Organization to User Empowerment

If the network has become the computer, search is in the process of becoming its interface. This transformation impacts the design of future digital libraries. On the content side, innovations in contextual search are driving a new precision level compared to existing search paradigms inherited from the web. On the user side, search will have an equally profound impact. Closed loop designs connecting social computing and search is transforming libraries from a static repository to a dynamic learning and collaboration space.