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head up the charge.
Byline: Mark Chillingworth
Head up the charge
Mint, Scopus and Factiva Search 2.0 -- what do they have in common? They are all information services with an end-user focus. So where does that leave you, the information professional?
Where it doesn't leave you is out of a job. The truth is that these tools put information professionals at the heart of the organisation, and as recent stories in the news pages show, the industry is on the crest of a major wave of change. That wave is integration.
The integration of IT and information offers a brilliant opportunity for the information profession. Information professionals not only understand the tools and information that suppliers provide, they also understand the organisation they are used in. No one else does, so it could be the chance of a lifetime to get involved with every level of your organisation.
Integration projects allow you to reveal to your organisation just how much information is available to staff and to spread the passion for discovering and using it. A close involvement with integration projects and business plans to put ...
- Information professionals and the knowledge-aware, intelligent organisation:...
- Magazine article from: The Australian Library Journal Milne, Patricia May 1, 2000 700+ words
...within their own organisations? And finally...prepare the information professionals of the future...potential role of information professionals within such organisations and the attitudes...knowledge in an organisation and creating...
- Who's providing leadership? Developing enterprise-wide information management...
- Magazine article from: Information World Review April 10, 2006 700+ words
...a hot button issue for information professionals. One organisation making the running in...the demands placed on organisations by external regulatory...unlawful. Even if your organisation is not global, an awareness...
- Library and information professionals and knowledge management: conceptions,...
- Magazine article from: The Australian Library Journal Southon, Gray Todd, Ross August 1, 2001 700+ words
...library and information professionals. The knowledge...benefits to the organisation (Broadbent...library and information professionals have an important...performance of organisations; about how the organisation's `know...
- Dialog to Honour Information Professionals, Spotlight New & Enhanced Services...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 24, 2004 700+ words
...events for information professionals to be held...Independent Information Professionals and the Special...services to organisations seeking competitive...property data. Information professionals and end...government organisations in more than...
- IWR and APA award salutes information professionals.(Information World Review...
- Magazine article from: Information World Review November 30, 2005 700+ words
...award salutes information professionals Information...called on information professionals to nominate...some amazing information professionals in both the...of their organisations," Chillingworth...resource for an organisation and its users...
- It's time to embrace change.(information professionals)
- Magazine article from: Information World Review Bailey, Penny July 11, 2005 700+ words
...to provide information professionals with a balance...careers of information professionals. Librarian...theories are: organisation behaviour...people in organisations, marketing...managers -- information professionals can, and...
- DIALOG DESIGNATES INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS FROM AUSTRALIA, SINGAPORE AS...
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News July 1, 2004 700+ words
...training to information professionals worldwide...within their organisations. We're pleased...throughout the organisation." Herrmann...departments in her organisation and the information...services to organisations seeking competitive...property data. Information ...
- Knowledge management information professionals talk about how their role has...
- Magazine article from: Accountancy Ireland February 1, 2007 700+ words
...firms rely on information professionals to help them...KPMG's information professionals produce a range...recognition that Information Professionals can bring added...corporate asset. Organisations are making...
Source: HighBeam Research, head up the charge.