LIBRARY METADATA IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. (Metadane biblioteczne w XXI wieku)

Digitization of scholarly communication results in revolutionary changes in library activities. Digitization influences acquisitions, cataloging and information delivery, altering the paradigm of library activity. Libraries become a part of technology undergoing “creative destruction' - without deep transformation of their functions they may be replaced by competitive institutions and organizations using new technologies. The adjustment to occurring changes causes advanced transformations of libraries and librarians' tasks.