Abstract

Libraries have a long history of designing information services that meet the needs of a wide range of information consumers. The growing use of digital documents both as part of our information community's everyday lives as well as in more formal library contexts poses new challenges in these information services as well as new opportunities to connect with patrons who possess advanced information literacies or fluencies with regards to these documents. In this column the author explores a method for identifying and planning services for patrons who possess these literacies within the context of metadata-rich systems. The author also explores the implications on common metadata services given this new framework.

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