| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 240 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
"Information and IT are central to virtually every industry in which the United States plays a leadership role-financial services, entertainment engineering, aerospace, medicine, law, agriculture, and dozens of other fields-yet colleges have failed to attract, teach, and produce a new generation of information professionals to meet the growing need. In Information Nation, three dedicated educators ask, "Why?" They present three years of research on students and workers in the information professions, highlighting barriers to inclusion and retention of U.S. students in information-related fields. They analyze the forces that prevent high school and college students from getting the interdisciplinary skills they need to help the U.S. regain and retain leadership in the world of information-and they tell the stories of a diverse group of students who are thriving in new majors and new jobs that have the potential to revitalize our economy. Whether you are an educator, school administrator, guidance counselor, parent, or student, Information Nation will provide you with vital insight into the future of the information society along with an understanding of the educational paths and career options available to the information professional of tomorrow."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Information science -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Information scientists -- Training of
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Information science -- Vocational guidance
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Information science -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
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Information scientists -- Training of -- United States
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Information science -- Vocational guidance -- United States
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Information technology -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Information technology -- Vocational guidance
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Library education.
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Library science -- Vocational guidance
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- General.
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Information science -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Information science -- Vocational guidance
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Information scientists -- Training of
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Information technology -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Information technology -- Vocational guidance
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Library education
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Library science -- Vocational guidance
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Guzman, Indira R., 1967-
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Stam, Kathryn R., 1966-
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| LC no. |
2010023157 |
| ISBN |
9781573879125 |
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1573879126 |
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9781283238878 |
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128323887X |
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