Information nation education and careers in the emerging information professions / [electronic resource] :
Jeffrey M. Stanton, Indira R. Guzman, and Kathryn R. Stam.
- Medford, N.J. : Information Today, c2010.
- xv, 240 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781573879125 (electronic bk.)
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.