AUDIOVISUAL AND MULTIMEDIA SERVICES IN LIBRARIES.

As audio, video and instructional technologies converge and as libraries and user's expectations for these resources escalate, multimedia services are the next major strategic asset for institutional success. Multimedia libraries, as information structures, link the collection of traditional libraries and new media resources. For these libraries, schools of librarianship and information science should provide optional courses for more detailed aspects for those wishing to specialize further. This article tries to define multimedia libraries in every aspect: personnel, equipments, advantages, access, copyright and licensing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]