Information nation
Subtitle: education and careers in the emerging information professions
By: Jeffrey M. Stanton, Indira R. Guzman, and Kathryn R. Stam
Contributors: Guzman, Indira R., 1967-; Stam, Kathryn R., 1966-
Publisher: Information Today, Inc.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Medford, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781573874014
Subjects: Information scientists; Vocational guidance; Study and teaching (Higher); Library science; Training of; Library education; Information science; Information technology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Wanted : information professionals; title: Information wants to be disorganized; title: Doctor, lawyer, scientist, chief : every profession depends on information; title: Horseshoes to biofuels : why technology development gets easier all the time; title: Where's my job? How outsourcing and offshoring change industries; title: The student perspective on the information field; title: Barriers and challenges : the student perspective; title: The workplace perspective on the information field; title: Barriers and challenges : the workplace perspective; title: Stereotypes, culture, and the information professions; title: Cyberinfrastructure : a long word for the future of information technology; title: The original information professionals; title: To iSchool or not to iSchool; title: Where have all the students gone? Diversity and recruitment challenges in the information professions; title: What's next.