Abstract:
At the Universiteit van Amsterdam the developments in the field of ICT have led to major
changes in the organisation of supportive services for education and research. The
consequences are particularly significant for the library, which sees itself transformed from
a ‘passive’ source of information into an active multimedia knowledge provider. The
development of Learning Resources Centres, supported by the library, is in full swing and
it is fascinating to see the close collaboration evolving between faculty, IT specialists,
communication professionals, library staff and publishers. The measure of success proves
to relate strongly to the physical design and furnishing of the location, which is in turn
determined by the given architectural - and financial - parameters. The didactical concept is the leading principle.