Wanted: Information specialist, manager, designer, analyst, architect. Sponsored by SIG MGT
Year: 2002
Type: article
Abstract: Given the current state of the economy with news of growing unemployment as a result of company closings, layoffs, organizational restructuring, and downsizing, many in the information profession have been affected and find themselves looking for their next opportunity. Finding opportunities is a challenge which requires creativity in assessing one's skills and experiences. It is essential to consider how to position oneself. The evolving information technology infrastructure is creating new roles for the information professional. Tomorrow's job may have an unexpected title such as “E-services librarian” or “Content analyst”. For some positions new skills will be required, but for others the traditional skills associated with the library profession are still essential. There are adjustments to be made in recognition of new technologies. The emerging professionals are not just repackaging themselves to fit new job requirements. They are taking their unique skills, adapting them, finding new environments in which to apply them, or applying them in new ways in traditional settings that are changing to stay innovative. This session will bring together a group of seasoned information professionals, practitioners and researchers, who will address the new roles that are evolving in our profession. They will discuss their diverse career paths, as well as the skills they have developed, adapted, and carried with them throughout their careers. Also, the results of a study which examined adaptation of roles to web-based information systems will be presented.
Language: English
Subfield: Library and Information Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1972690366