Has the market place for information professionals changed?

Raghavan, K. S.; Agrawal, Nupur

dc.contributor.author	Raghavan, K. S.
dc.contributor.author	Agrawal, Nupur
dc.contributor.editor	Khoo, C.	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Singh, D.	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Chaudhry, A.S.	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2007-05-25T00:00:01Z
dc.date.available	2010-06-18T23:42:20Z
dc.date.issued	2006	en_US
dc.date.submitted	2007-05-25	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Has the market place for information professionals changed? 2006, :409-415	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10150/106194
dc.description.abstract	The focus of the information profession (LIS profession) has been and continues to be: providing access to and delivery of information needed by end-users. Until the arrival of the Internet and online era this activity was largely library-centered. But there is increasing ‘dis-intermediation’ and ‘deinstitutionalization’ of the process of information search, access and delivery. This has implications for manpower development programmes. The composition of the emerging information market also needs to be understood in order to design and implement appropriate manpower development programmes. Based on an examination of ‘market indicators’ this paper suggests that the ‘divide’ between products of educational programmes and the requirements of the market place needs to be bridged.
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University	en_US
dc.subject	Library and Information Science Education	en_US
dc.subject.other	information profession	en_US
dc.subject.other	information industry	en_US
dc.subject.other	manpower development	en_US
dc.subject.other	market indicators	en_US
dc.title	Has the market place for information professionals changed?	en_US
dc.type	Conference Paper	en_US
refterms.dateFOA	2018-06-25T05:18:00Z
html.description.abstract	The focus of the information profession (LIS profession) has been and continues to be: providing access to and delivery of information needed by end-users. Until the arrival of the Internet and online era this activity was largely library-centered. But there is increasing ‘dis-intermediation’ and ‘deinstitutionalization’ of the process of information search, access and delivery. This has implications for manpower development programmes. The composition of the emerging information market also needs to be understood in order to design and implement appropriate manpower development programmes. Based on an examination of ‘market indicators’ this paper suggests that the ‘divide’ between products of educational programmes and the requirements of the market place needs to be bridged.