Junichi Yamamoto Professor, Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies, University of Tsukuba
March 2007
Among library officials, there appears to be a common and unmistakable awareness that libraries in Japan are currently in a "state of crisis." On one hand, libraries have been forced to confront a wave of "library digitalization," which has been accelerated by widespread use of the Internet since the 1990s.
情報への自由で平等なアクセスを実現するために革新的な活動を行っている図書館などにビル・アンド・メリンダ・ゲイツ財団が授与している「学習へのアクセス賞」(E245,E374,E559,E691,E827参照)を,2009年はコロンビアの都市メデジンにある非営利組織“Fundacion Empresas Publicas de Medellin”(メデジン公社基金)が受賞した。...