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Digital myths exploded.(Book review)
Byline: KT
Digital myths exploded
' book review
This collection of articles, edited by members of the Centre for Information Behaviour and the Evaluation of Research (CIBER), begins by berating its intended audience.
Information professionals are "insular and tribal", complain the authors, and "have been bleating on about 'users' since time immemorial but they have not really made that much progress in understanding them".
And it doesn't stop there: "Too many people are still attempting to defend traditional turf or territory and an obsolete information paradigm. Unfortunately, the majority belong to the library profession."
The closing chapter is no less fierce: "The information community must stop thinking it knows best, otherwise it will be in danger of becoming irrelevant."
- The changing roles of information professionals excerpts from an outsell, Inc....
- Magazine article from: Online Corcoran, Mary Dagar, Lynn Stratigos, Anthea March 1, 2000 700+ words
...article is mandatory reading for information professionals caught in the pickle of organizational...benchmark report on the corporate information professionals and their current and emerging...qualitative research with corporate information professionals, using a Web-based survey...
- Outsell Releases Study of Information Professionals, Introduces Information...
- Magazine article from: Information Today July 1, 1999 700+ words
...released a study indicating that information professionals are moving up the value chain...affecting resources and budgets. "Information professionals are on a tightrope, working...of approximately 200 corporate information professionals across a wide range of industries...
- Changing Roles of Information Professionals: Choices and Implications.(insights...
- Magazine article from: Online Corcoran, Mary March 1, 2000 700+ words
...in a time of deep change for information professionals. This month, I'd like to...conducted with 200 corporate information professionals in May 1999 about those changing...simply to present data about what information professionals are doing, but rather about...
- Information professionals leading intranet development initiatives.
- Magazine article from: Online Tuchel, Gretchen November 1, 2002 700+ words
...development projects put information professionals' leadership skills...informal survey of information professionals' experience with...intranet plan. Many information professionals who are leading...
- In-house content providers: a new role for information professionals.(includes...
- Magazine article from: Searcher Funke, Susan May 1, 1998 700+ words
...challenges and opportunities for information professionals that are redefining our role...readily available. In order for information professionals to effectively do this, they...table" and the opportunities for information professionals to expand their role with these...
- The Dialog Corporation Launches Intranet Toolkit, a Groundbreaking Product That...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 8, 1999 700+ words
...groundbreaking product that empowers information professionals to design custom search interfaces...Dialog Intranet Toolkit equips information professionals to custom build Dialog search...department, and individual. Information professionals can now fully leverage their...
- Dialog to Honour Information Professionals, Spotlight New & Enhanced Services...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 24, 2004 700+ words
...will honour a select group of information professionals and announce the winner of an...DialogLink software package for information professionals. DialogLink 4.0 adds XML output...scholarly articles. Honouring Information Professionals Dialog will continue its tradition...
- Internet World Summer in Chicago: information professionals are central to...
- Magazine article from: Information Today Dysart, Jane I. September 1, 1997 700+ words
...Information Strategies A number of information professionals participated in this conference...the Internet. Participation of information professionals in this type of conference bodes...and learning environments, and information professionals are central to those strategies...
- Intranets: Another Frontier for Information Professionals.
- Magazine article from: Online Garman, Nancy January 1, 1999 700+ words
...information centers. Both vendors and information professionals have recognized that intranets...conversations. Opportunities abound for information professionals to enhance their roles and become...products for intranets. For information professionals, intranets are just the ...
- Professional Liability Issues for Librarians and Information...
- Magazine article from: Legal Information Alert Rice, Mary T. September 1, 2008 700+ words
...Librarians and Information Professionals. Paul D. Healey...Librarians and Information Professionals is the second in...Educators & Information Professionals series. Author...
Source: HighBeam Research, Digital myths exploded.(Book review)