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The new information professional : how to survive in the information age doing what you love /

This books looks at the role of the information professional in the changing environment in which they now work. Information professionals find themselves in a paradoxical situation: there is increased interest in information and its management, stimulated by the Internet, and, simultaneously, dimin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Myburgh, Sue
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Chandos, 2005.
Series:Chandos series for information professionals.
Subjects:
Information science > Vocational guidance.
Sciences de l'information > Orientation professionnelle.
Bibliothéconomie > Orientation professionnelle.
Information science > Vocational guidance
Bibliotheekpersoneel.
Beroepsopvattingen.
ICT.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The end is nigh
  • long live the end
  • 2. What is information work anyway?
  • 3. The TIP paradigm and habitus
  • 4. Changing context
  • 5. What is the information society anyway?
  • 6. A Kuhnian paradigm shift, perhaps
  • 7. The IP mosaic
  • 8. Core information knowledge
  • 9. What does the new IP look like?
  • 10. Conclusions
  • App. What do organisations want from IPs?