Developing the library of the future: The Tilburg experience

In 1989 Tilburg University, the Netherlands, launched a programme to build a new library and also to reshape library and information services in an innovative fashion. Central elements in the Tilburg concept include: a computer architecture which is campus-wide accepted, a focus on the use of information technology in order to improve informaiton services, the concept of the integrated desktop, and a user-oriented information management