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CREATING BRIDGES TO PROSPERITY IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC REGION: THE ADB LIBRARY EXPERIENCE

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Abstract
Forty seven years ago, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) was established to provide loans, grants
and technical assistance to spur economic development in Asia and the Pacific region. The ADB
Library was established in the same year, with a core collection of about 300 books on economics and
finance, donated by governments of its member countries, financial institutions and international
organizations. Soon enough, the ADB library had a huge collection of print resources on the
economies and cultures of the region, making it a premier source of information in the region, at that
time. The world has gone through tremendous changes since then. In particular, the Internet has
brought about an information revolution that could have equalled or surpassed the impact of
Gutenberg’s invention of the movable printing press. Electronic publishing has become so pervasive
that the monolithic libraries are threatened to extinction and have to adapt to the certainty of changes
in order to stay relevant. The structure of ADB has also changed with the establishment of field
offices in addition to its Headquarters in the Philippines with corresponding expansion of staff who
are very mobile. The needs of ADB’s developing member countries have also changed from mainly
infrastructure finance to technology transfer, policy advice, and actionable knowledge. The ADB
library has to be in synch with these changes to be able to support ADB’s operations. Therefore, this
paper will cover the following: background and nature of ADB; increased operational focus and
enhanced collaboration and knowledge sharing within the organization and among the stakeholders;
the role and initiatives of the ADB Library in knowledge management and dissemination; promoting
open access to information through ADB publications; and lessons learned that might be useful to
other libraries.

Keywords: Information services, Knowledge management, Knowledge sharing; Asia, Pacific

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IFLA WLIC 2013

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Singapore : International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions., 2013

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IFLA WLIC 2013, Submitted on: May 28, 2013

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English

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ILMU PERPUSTAKAAN

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