ABSTRACT
As academic libraries globally try the to keep up with the ever-increasing speed of the digital treadmill, many questions concerning library service design and the ultimate existence of academic libraries arise for them. Likewise governments have to address
. The escalating need for education and the cost of support structures which underpin it
. Society’s demand for modernization and efficiency
. The assumption that the new technology provides simple answers for education in the form of distance education
. Whether the Internet can be the ultimate multifaceted panacea for academic education and continued learning.