Information nation : education and careers in the emerging information professions /

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"Information and IT are central to virtually every industry in which the United States plays a leadership role-financial services, entertainment engineering, aerospace, medicine, law, agriculture, and dozens of other fields-yet colleges have failed to attract, teach, and produce a new generatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stanton, Jeffrey M., 1961-
Other Authors: Guzman, Indira R., 1967-, Stam, Kathryn R., 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Medford, N.J. : Information Today, ©2010.
Subjects:
Information science > Study and teaching (Higher)
Information scientists > Training of.
Information science > Vocational guidance.
Information science > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.
Information scientists > Training of > United States.
Information science > Vocational guidance > United States.
Information technology > Study and teaching (Higher)
Information technology > Vocational guidance.
Library education.
Library science > Vocational guidance.
Spécialistes de l'information > Formation.
Sciences de l'information > Orientation professionnelle.
Spécialistes de l'information > Formation > États-Unis.
Sciences de l'information > Orientation professionnelle > États-Unis.
Technologie de l'information > Orientation professionnelle.
Bibliothéconomie > Orientation professionnelle.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > General.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Wanted : information professionals
  • Information wants to be disorganized
  • Doctor, lawyer, scientist, chief : every profession depends on information
  • Horseshoes to biofuels : why technology development gets easier all the time
  • Where's my job? How outsourcing and offshoring change industries
  • The student perspective on the information field
  • Barriers and challenges : the student perspective
  • The workplace perspective on the information field
  • Barriers and challenges : the workplace perspective
  • Stereotypes, culture, and the information professions
  • Cyberinfrastructure : a long word for the future of information technology
  • The original information professionals
  • To iSchool or not to iSchool
  • Where have all the students gone? Diversity and recruitment challenges in the information professions
  • What's next.

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