la misión de las bibliotecas académicas debe alinearse con la de la institución cuyas funciones son la educación y la investigación. Son necesarias capas profesionales y de práctica que contribuyan a mejorar la investigación y la enseñanza en todas las disciplinas.investigadores, promover el acceso abierto y los repositorios, la curación de datos, datos abiertos, etc.Palabras clave: Bibliotecas académicas; Bibliotecas universitarias; Crisis existencial; Crisis econó-mica; Bibliotecarios; Profesionales de la información; Tareas alternativas; Nuevos roles; Evolución de la profesión.
AbstractThe Future of Academic Libraries: Uncertainties,
Opportunities and Challenges Carmen Varela-Prado and Tomàs BaigetThe situation of university libraries in front of the current problematic situation of radical changes in the library profession and of intense general economic crisis is described. Internet, digitalization, mobile web, social networks and other technologies require librarians to diversify in many ways, and at the same time these technologies disconnect them from the main flow of information, leaving their classical role as intermediaries. Their survival should be based on cooperation with other departments and institutions, and assuming new tasks such as advising researchers, curating data, and promoting open data, open access and repositories, and more.
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