Information nation education and careers in the emerging information professions - Stanton, Jeffrey M. 1961-; Guzman, Indira R. 1967-; Stam, Kathryn R. 1966- (Medford, New Jersey Information Today, 2010)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: 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