The Internet — A Threat or a Supplement to the Traditional Library?

Authors

  • Zenona Krupa

Abstract

This paper is based on empirical research on a group of 143 second–year and fourth–year students of Rzeszów University selected from three subject areas: Polish philology, history and mathematics, as well as 30 research workers — 10 persons from each above–mentioned field of study. The research used a poll questionnaire, and it was a pilot study for a bigger research project. The aim of the opinion poll is to show whether the Internet really will be a threat to traditional libraries, whether students and research workers will choose the traditional book or its electronic version and why, or whether the Internet will be only a supplement to the traditional library.

Author Biography

Zenona Krupa

A custodian of the Department for Designing Subject Entries of Monographic Publications at Rzeszów University Librarycustodian of the Department for Designing Subject Entries of Monographic Publications at Rzeszów University Library

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2012-09-10

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Vol. 16 No. 1 & 2 (2006)

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