The information professional in crisis
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2009.jul.09Keywords:
Career, Information professionals, Documentalist, Profession name, Professional image, Identity crisis.Abstract
The profession of information scientist is considered with a historical perspective and the author tries tofigure out the reason for his identity crisis. It is suggested that uniting with librarians and archivists has proved harmful in the long run, perhaps even a drag on their development and their more dynamic image. The author doesn´t expect the situation will change in the short term.
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