Stanton, Jeffrey M., 1961-

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.


Electronic books.

Z668 / .S73 2010

020.71/1