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- A major information conference held in the UK, available
in published form in this extensive volume. Leading personalities
in the information world distill their expertise and opinions
on the changing role of the information professional, highlighting
the future implications of corporate information systems, the
application of information technology, and the social, professional
and management implications of this technology. Essential reading
for all concerned with the prospects for information professionals
and their services.
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- CONTENTS: New horizons for the information profession; Company-wide
information policies; Corporate information friends in the industrial/business
context; Information flows in the National Health Service; Corporate
information in the public sector; Corporate information in the
pharmaceutical industry; Data capture: Data storage; Data retrieval;
Transmission networks; Interfaces; Achival problems of electronic
publications; Achieving corporate goals with online information;
IBM Human Factors Laboratory; Electronic information - the withering
of public access; Employment trends - what are employers looking
for; The impact of information technology on the wider society
(Shirley Williams); IIS Presidential Address (Professor Lewis
Wolpert).
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- ISBN 0 947568 32 8
- 1988
- £18.00/US$34.00
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- 'Assembles and presents facts for the expert and uninitiated
alike.... stimulates further thought through the clear exposition
of ideas and opinions.... If you have time for only one book
this year - make it this one.'
- LIRN
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- 'Thought-provoking reading for all those affected by and
interested in the future of information dissemination.'
- Library and Information News
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- 'The concepts and research presented in this text have
international implications. Definitely recommended for collections
related to the information technologies.'
- International Journal of Reviews in Library and Information
Science
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