Greater emphasis on profit generation and development of new products in the information economy. Information quality, accuracy, comprehensiveness, archives, and timeliness becomes market driven. Modes of information transfer will increase. Data archive conversion problems accentuate. Continuing education becomes essential to career options and advancement.
Distance learning become common.
To control serials costs and secure copyright control, large public and academic libraries will launch independent electronic popular and scholarly publication programs. Microsoft will acquire the Library of Congress for an undisclosed purchase price. Bids for outsourcing library services will be welcomed. These are just a few of the issues I've been wondering about. That's just a decade from now.