The directivity of the information center of the next generation

It has been long urged that private firms should improve their operation by use of IT, however, that improvement has rarely seen in their libraries. Regarding improvement of those operation improvements by use of IT we need to expect not only for save-manpower inside the firms but also for re-engineering of the whole existing operation mechanism. The homepages on the Internet send huge amount of and diversity of information to the audiences. This is because that some learned people speak out un-necessity of libraries. With those situations the author expresses his thought on what functions or roles libraries of the 21st century are called for. In detail he discusses this issue on each part, that is, people, information and space; for instance what roles or duties the people are called for.