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Library and information providers are being urged to embrace the second generation of internet technology, Web 2.0, to satisfy user demands.

In a clarion call that could become a major theme in 2006, industry insiders are saying that existing library catalogue standards, such as MARC and Z39.50, need to be replaced by XML technology integrated with IT, enabling access to information from a wide variety of web services.

"We cannot keep building one-stop-shop destination sites," says Paul Miller, technology evangelist for library automation vendor Talis. "Undergraduates could be lost to libraries, they now have other resources at their disposal."

In a controversial white paper, Do Libraries Matter?, Miller and Talis director Ken Chad state: "The library's information provider crown is slipping. Survival demands ...

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