The biggest threat comes from the telecoms 25. The future will be hybrid. There will be a large variety of content, varying from raw material up to validated documents with multimedia supplements We need document or information identifiers. We also need intelligent agents to find the information for us. In some countries libraries are not funded by central agencies, but have to acquire funding themselves.
Publishers are part of the science community.
They invest a lot in staff, training and infrastructure and employ many scientists. Publishers have always been an active part of the scientific information System. STM publishers are not media, broadcasting, software or telecom companies. The Information Society needs standards or well-defined formats. These may vary with the nature of the content and the requirements of scientists and librarians.