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- 'The information heartland's view of the world is naive:
there is an information industry; there is an information workforce;
there ought to be a national information policy; there is an
information profession; there is (or ought to be) a core curriculum.
We take issue with this '
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- In this remarkable book, Cronin and Davenport illustrate
by incisive analysis that the world of information which was
once contoured by the ethical and bibliographical standards of
librarians is now shaped by aggressively expansionist activity
of an elite of major players for whom information is a commodity.
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- A number of principal themes are explored; the structure,
characteristics and dynamics of the global information industry;
the value and leverage effect of information; stimulation of
the information marketplace; information and the innovation process;
and the deprofessionalisation and deregulation of information
work.
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- Nobody connected with the information community should miss
this book - it demonstrates how the world of information management
is changing and being changed moment by moment.
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- ISBN 0 947568 40 9
- 1988
- £25.00/US$46.00
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- 'I hereby challenge all information professionals to read
this book.... they will not see the information world the same
again.'
- Inform
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- 'This well-written and extremely valuable series of essays
is a solid presentation of the many transformations that are
taking place throughout the entire world of information. In touching
on an enormous range of important issues of real significance
for the future.... Post-professionalism is a challenging and
serious treatise.'
- Wilson Library Bulletin
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- 'articulate, thoughtful, provocative.... '
- Library Quarterly
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- 'Thought-provoking and pertinent.... should be required
reading for library school educators and professional librarians
who have been in the field for a number of years... helps provide
the broader picture of information.'
- Special Libraries
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- 'Stimulating reading.... this none-too-slim volume deserves
to be widely read.'
- Journal of Documentation
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- 'For educationalists the contributions on the future of
library schools demand thoughtful reading.... for the teacher
of librarianship and information science the work is a fertile
mix of seminar topics.'
- Education for Information
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